Ask HN: Open-Source Developer Donations
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I'm not sure about the best, but there is a list at the bottom of this page:
https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources
Personally I like the Snowdrift model. Liberapay is also great as its EU based and non-profit.
https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources
Personally I like the Snowdrift model. Liberapay is also great as its EU based and non-profit.
great! thanks for the suggestions
Interested to know myself too, I would like also to add that criteria:
- Fully decentralized: open source developers can’t be sanctioned/punished by some big corp useless policies. For example, github doesn’t count as a median of donations.
- Is not US based: Same as above but for gov, let’s say there’s a good open source developer/s but happened to be geographically in a country that counts as a sanctioned nation to the US, I don’t care about US corrupted politics, I need to support these developers.
Don’t want to jump to conclusions as crypto might be the only answer, but let’s see.
- Fully decentralized: open source developers can’t be sanctioned/punished by some big corp useless policies. For example, github doesn’t count as a median of donations.
- Is not US based: Same as above but for gov, let’s say there’s a good open source developer/s but happened to be geographically in a country that counts as a sanctioned nation to the US, I don’t care about US corrupted politics, I need to support these developers.
Don’t want to jump to conclusions as crypto might be the only answer, but let’s see.
What is the best app or channel for donating to open source developers?
Useful criteria: - service cost as percent of donation - adoption / # of developers - integrations etc
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36029115