PoutCo

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by PoutCo 1y ago
The same story again and again... In the meantime, I am volunteering for a non-profit that helps FOSS projects secure sustainable funding, and goodness, that is soooo hard! Enterprises (where money is) are afraid of FOSS, and many prefer to
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by PoutCo 3y ago
> Democratic process does not exist when everyone is free to start a project. Users also often do not know what they want either until it's shown to them. Apparently do not have the same definition of "democracy". The defi
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by PoutCo 3y ago
> It works for products, but it doesn't work well for libraries, frameworks, dev tools, and the like. That is why we need to create an open-source ecosystem where projects that get paid redistribute to their dependencies. I have in
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by PoutCo 3y ago
Open-source sustainability won't be solved by donations alone. As highlighted in the article, donating is incredibly convenient nowadays, so when companies or individuals don't contribute, it's typically due to a lack of will
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by PoutCo 3y ago
I think you are missing an important point here. 1. Open source is about the code belonging to the community 2. Open source projects can not survive without funding - as you develop 3. So, both (open source and company) can be compatible if
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An Open-Source Marketplace: The What, How, and Why(open-source-economy.com)
2 points by PoutCo 3y ago|0 comments
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by PoutCo 3y ago
Open Source Projects should take inspiration from how companies pay people. There are some very good ideas in how companies distribute revenues and compensate individuals. We just need to take the best parts of this approach and blend them
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by PoutCo 3y ago
The last time I checked the statistics, approximately 75% of the industry's codebase was open source—a significant portion! However, when it comes to the earnings of open-source developers, it's almost negligible. I strongly belie
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Open Source: Fund, Grow, and Abandon(open-source-economy.com)
2 points by PoutCo 3y ago|0 comments
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by PoutCo 3y ago
Did you know that your article was one of the reasons I quit my paid job to attempt to find a solution for open-source funding? At that time, I was exploring existing solutions like Gitopia, Tea, or even Polar. I believed that these solutio
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by PoutCo 3y ago
There are some ways Github will pay your rent, did someone explore them? There is Gitopia.com, Tea.xyz, Open-Source-Economy.com, or Polar.sh I am curious about people's experience with those systems, does it really pay your rent? It th
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Make Open-Source as competitive as closed-source(blog.open-source-economy.com)
2 points by PoutCo 3y ago|0 comments
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by PoutCo 3y ago
True... It is explained better in the white paper linked in the article. Did you read this part?
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Open-Source: Why Every Business Model Failed(medium.com)
5 points by PoutCo 3y ago|6 comments
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by PoutCo 3y ago
“I’d love to go open-source, but it just doesn’t pay the bills”