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@tante@tldr.nettime.org
2024-04-16 19:01:15

This HOWTO pay maintainers is a great, practical example for how to get some maintainers paid (at least a bit). I especially like the whole debate on _who_ to give money to and that it's not _donations_ but _steady payments_. Good stuff in there, thanks @… for writing it.

Luis Villa (@luis_in_brief@social.coop)
Gotta admit I found it pretty irritating, in the xz discussion of the last two weeks, that some people declared confidently "you can't pay maintainers". (cc @ehashman@toot.cat) It isn't *easy* to pay maintainers, but it can be done: at Tidelift, we've been doing it for years. So I figured I'd write up how we do it and what we've learned. And yes, it's a HOWTO. Be glad I also avoided an FAQ ;) https://blog.tidelift.com/paying-maintainers-the-howto