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6/12/2019 • EN

Software below the poverty line

Analysis reveals most popular open source projects receive donations below industry standards or poverty thresholds, questioning the fairness of the donation model.

Donations Funding maintainers open source sustainability

André Staltz

2/24/2018 • EN

The path to sustainably working on FOSS full-time

A developer shares their journey to earning sustainable income from recurring donations for their open source projects, enabling full-time FOSS work.

Donations Funding open source software development sustainability

Drew DeVault

2/11/2018 • EN

Introducing `thanks`

Introduces `thanks`, an npm tool to help developers discover and donate to open source maintainers of their project dependencies.

Donations Node.js npm open source sustainability

Feross Aboukhadijeh

10/23/2013 • EN

Open Source Currency

Explores how open source developers are compensated, covering monetary donations, platforms like Gittip, and employer support.

developer compensation Donations Monetization open source software development

Lukasa Echochamber

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Software below the poverty line

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Introducing `thanks`

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