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Crowdsourced list of monetization platforms for #OpenSource creators Bounties | Donations | Crowdfunding | Paywall | Grants | Advertising | Subscription

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@speedrun1 Apr 2024
if we hit 1337 followers today we’re giving away 100 of these stanley cups… no april fools no meme just a lot of cups. follow + rt to enter the draw.
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A new fund to sustainably strengthen the open source ecosystem: Sovereign Tech Fund (@sovtechfund) oss.fund/sovereign-tech-fund…
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The Tyk side project fund is a micro-grant programme for people doing cool things. tyk.io/fund/
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Code Code Ship is a new OSS monetization service👇 @codecodeship provides all the necessary tools to sell your code on a subscription basis. oss.fund/code-code-ship/
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A new #OpenSource sustainability platform: @stackaid - distributes your subscription fee among your projects’ direct and indirect dependencies 👏 oss.fund/stackaid/
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Preventing the bait and switch by open core software companies opencoreventures.com/blog/20…
Open Source Bait and Switch: Licensing and Beyond percona.com/blog/open-source…
Open Source Bait and Switch: Licensing and Beyond

Open Source Bait and Switch: Licensing and Beyond

Peter Zaitsev writes about changes in the open source community and why we should spread the word so the next generation of engineers appreciate what it's all about.

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Many approaches for #OpenSource #SoftwareMonetization have been developed over the years, with mostly unsatisfying results. Extending the work by @nayafia, @eddiejaoude, and @oss_fund, we've collected a list of over 33 approaches in 8 categories we share in the next days.
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Can Open Source Sustain Itself without Losing Its Soul? thenewstack.io/can-open-sour…
Can Open Source Sustain Itself Without Losing Its Soul?

Can Open Source Sustain Itself Without Losing Its Soul?

Open source projects depend on maintainers who largely work for free. Can they get paid without losing the freedom that defines free software communities? #opensource

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New sponsors-only repositories on Github github.blog/2022-02-02-new-s…
Open Source Sustainability through Corporate Social Responsibility blog.scottlogic.com/2021/12/…
Open Source Sustainability through Corporate Social Responsibility

Open Source Sustainability through Corporate Social Responsibility

The recent Log4j vulnerability has once again sparked a lot of debate around our reliance on open source projects and their sustainability challenges. I argue that money cannot fix this issue, nor...

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Is Open Source Really Free if We Aren’t Allowed to Break It? thenewstack.io/is-open-sourc…
Is Open Source Really Free if We Aren't Allowed to Break It?

Is Open Source Really Free if We Aren't Allowed to Break It?

The author of two popular open source libraries intentionally corrupted them, causing a debate in the programming community.

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Interesting discussion on @SustainOSS forums: GitNFT: Autograph and sell your GitHub commits discourse.sustainoss.org/t/g…
Funding through staking $DEV tokens samuil4.medium.com/open-sour…
Open source software funding —DEV protocol as a viable option

Open source software funding —DEV protocol as a viable option

This is a continuation of my article from 2 years ago — Monetizing early-stage open-source projects

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How an open source project got angel investment from a user itself! dev.to/o1lab/how-my-open-sou…
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Announcing: Azure credits for open source projects! cloudblogs.microsoft.com/ope…
Announcing: Azure credits for open source projects | Microsoft Open Source Blog

Announcing: Azure credits for open source projects | Microsoft Open Source Blog

Open source software is an integral part of development at Microsoft, aligned with our goal to empower all developers to be successful building any application, using any language, on any platform....

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@JosephJacks_25 Sep 2021
Awesome story about how serving your early open source users and helping them solve real business problems... pays off in more ways than one! // @NocoDB 😍 dev.to/o1lab/how-my-open-sou…
How my open source project got angel investment from a user itself! 🎃

How my open source project got angel investment from a user itself! 🎃

Let's admit it, open source can be overwhelming when it comes to finding support financially. Today,...

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A conversation about open source design and ethical funding opensource.com/article/21/9/…
A conversation about open source design and ethical funding

A conversation about open source design and ethical funding

Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz is the CEO and co-founder of Kaleidos and Taiga.

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Here is new fuel @devprtcl🔥 / Open source software boosted the EU economy by ‘between €65 to €95 bn’ - report euractiv.com/section/digital…
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Open Source Alternatives ❤️ buff.ly/3eH6Ojc
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