Recap of the `funding` experiment
Read OriginalThe author concludes a 'funding' experiment that displayed sponsor messages during open source software installation to pay maintainers. They reflect on the broader issue of open source sustainability, arguing that companies profit massively from free software while maintainers often receive little to no financial support, creating an unfair and untenable system.
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