@patio11 So Django is currently trying to figure this out since sponsorship isn't at a sustainable rate. What would you recommend "selling"?
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@patio11 support contracts is really the only reasonable product being floated just yet. - 2 more replies
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"OSS is underfunded." "Where's the thing I can actually buy?" "... OSS is underfunded." "Gaaaah I can work on your business or on mine."
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@patio11 So just package up a service contract (tech support, engineering support,etc) and offer that? Isn't that Redhat's original model?
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@patio11 if you heavily rely on an OSS project, email the maintainer and offer to pay $1k a year for support and maintenance. -
@alinajaf Did it 3X in 2015, but most companies won't, so making it easy and obvious has a lot of value for the developers. - 1 more reply
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@patio11 Could there be a button that says ‘invoice me’? Not sure what the legal problems would be. Expense for me, income for them. -
@dietervds Easiest option is literally "$1,000: MIT license with the additional grant of ability to say you have a commercial license." - 3 more replies
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@patio11 Also, call donations "sponsorships" and list "sponsors" on your site. Then companies can pay you out of their advertising budgets.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 GPL with commercial (MIT+invoice) licenses availableThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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