Andrew Lilley Brinker on Mythryl: “Good summary of models of funding in OSS! The article is focused on…”

Good summary of models of funding in OSS! The article is focused on docs, but these payment options are common across all OSS work. Regarding commissions: if you want commissions, you should consider copying examples like Geomys, which make it easier for corporations to pay you for OSS work.

geomys.orgGeomysGeomys is an organization of open source maintainers, founded by Filippo Valsorda.

Daniel D. Beck@ddbeck.com

Serious open source docs work has a cost. I wrote down every way that I know of that gets docs authors and maintainers paid.

ddbeck.comOpen source docs: where does the money come from?Open source docs don’t come for free. So who’s paying for it?

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