Noticing the React ecosystem took in around nearly 8MM in seed funding in the past week between two companies (Prisma and Gatsby). Venture capital growing bullish on the future of open source web tech.
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check out https://licensezero.com/ (some super brilliant thinking here imo)
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I wrote up a gist about this 6 years agohttps://gist.github.com/southpolesteve/4152385 …
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Really tough to get right. How do you know if someone's commit is of the same value as someone else's? You may find that an innocuous commit causes harm later on. Who is liable? Payment for community contribution needs to be careful and considered
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I said it would be hard :) We don't have to get it right the first time. The current system is dedinitely setup to benefit private capital. I'd like to see alternatives.
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alt reality Gatsby annoucement: Hey we made a company! Every existing contributor can buy 1000 shares in the new company. Its not payment. It may not happen ever again. It is a gift. You'll have to pay taxes. Email us directly to claim them. We might say no if we can't verify you
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That's far from ideal but at least it would be a step toward acknowledging that a major change is happening and give community a way to participtate. If what I suggested is legally impossible that is a problem with the laws and maybe we should change them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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It would be a really hard thing to do right. Someone is going to feel slighted. But it is better than leaving the community out in the cold.
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If I ever have an open source project become huge I will want to try something like it, even if it is hard. The world can hold me to it by referencing this tweet.