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Kevin Dominik Korte<p>Open-source is the backbone of modern computing and the internet. Yet, the picture of everything depending on a single volunteer in Kansas is just too accurate. The tea protocol has a new grant to pay open-source developers. While I'm not a crypto fan, making open-source contributions more visible to the public is critical.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/payforopensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payforopensource</span></a><br><a href="https://cryptopotato.com/tea-protocol-launches-250k-grant-for-open-source-developers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptopotato.com/tea-protocol-</span><span class="invisible">launches-250k-grant-for-open-source-developers/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.criminallycute.fi/users/LunaDragofelis" class="u-url mention">@<span>LunaDragofelis</span></a></span> @nano@yiff.life cuz I&#39;m convinced a lot of people would be able and willing to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PayForOpensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PayForOpensource</span></a>...</p><p>Cuz I know a lot if people would gladly pay $150-$300 p.a. to have the guarantee that if something breaks someone has to pick up the phone amd fix it.<br /><a href="https://ubuntu.com/pro/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ubuntu.com/pro/subscribe</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@inetpro" class="u-url mention">@<span>inetpro</span></a></span> that&#39;s why corporations should <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PayForOpensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PayForOpensource</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne" class="u-url mention">@<span>ariadne</span></a></span> yes and no.</p><p>The fact that a lot of corporations tend to just <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/yoink" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yoink</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> and oftentimes use it as hard dependency yet don&#39;t even bother to chip in a few $ p.a. is antisocial, but neither unknown nor unexpected.</p><p>I chose to release several projects under restrictive <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>copyleft</span></a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CC</span></a> BY-NC-SA for obvious reasons: To prevent tivolization.</p><p>In return I think people amd espechally businesses should <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PayForOpensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PayForOpensource</span></a> even if it&#39;s just with a support subscription...</p>
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