The Tidelift Subscription VS Liberapay

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The Tidelift Subscription mentions (20)

• Krita fund has 0 corporate support

  This is https://tidelift.com/ ! Others too, I think. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• core-js maintainer: “So, what’s next?”

  This problem has already been partially solved by Tidelift. He even mentions them in his blog post, they used to send him $1000 a month. Unfortunately it sounds like they're not legally allowed to fund him at the moment because Russia. $1000 a month is not a lot considering the amount of work this guy is putting in, so Tidelift's model may not be sustainable but it's still an interesting business model. Source: about 1 year ago

• I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer

  > Business idea: If there was a single corporate intermediatory who Isn't that what tidelift [1] is doing? [1] https://tidelift.com. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• I Am Not a Supplier

  Depending on the FOSS you use, yes. Eg, https://tidelift.com/ . Is it more convenient to find commercial/proprietary vendors instead? Or to use warranty-less software and pay for your own staff to track changes and be ready to maintain the software yourself? - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• mold (linker) - Problem with my open-source startup

  Alternatively, companies like tidelift are trying to fix this; you may want to check with them if they'd be interested in adding your project to the fold, though I believe they are focusing more on libraries in library-heavy ecosystems such as java, nodejs, and python. Source: over 1 year ago

Liberapay mentions (27)

• Nextcloud and OpenBSD = <3

  I don't think they want your money, not unless you are an enterprise costumer. But feel free to donate to another open source project: https://liberapay.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Mastodon founder says investors lining up since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover | Mastodon

  I often see links to Liberapay and Open Collective (Liberapay even has an official Mastodon account). Source: over 1 year ago

• The Asymmetry of Open Source: "Users need open source projects, but open source projects do not need users"

  It seems a little suspicious that the person sharing those posts isn't building an open platform himself -- why not make it more open /u/paydevs ? I think Liberapay is a great way to spontaneously pay OSS developers. I'm not opposed to paydevs.com (as far as they're showing), but I encourage increasing transparency and openness, as is I don't feel confident supporting the platform. I think individuals, governments... Source: over 1 year ago

• The problems of working on Open-Source, summarized by Benjamin Lupton (500m monthly downloads)

  This doesn't seem to mention liberapay (and patreon which funds developers directly. Source: over 1 year ago

• Donating to incentivize implementing feature requests?

  Liberapay offers a novel method of donation. If you want to push a message to the recipient I think it will let you do so. Source: over 1 year ago