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Reading their solutions is interesting; wanted to call out the following because it plays nice if you don’t agree with their whole prescription:
I think it could be a great solution. I’ve never considered it before. That said there’s one sticking point for me:
That^ . That needs a lot more detail. If they provide solid details – details that most can agree on – then I will actually be on board with the solution.
Yeah, translating “size of their contribution” to a dollar amount is going to be inherently political. If they’re leaving it open ended to let projects figure it out then that could go poorly…
Drew DeVault noted the same in So you want to compete with or replace open source.
I think having ‘Open’ in the name muddies the waters a bit though. The full name almost makes the project sound anti open source, which it isn’t.