GitHub launches Sponsors, a tool that lets users pay their favorite open source contributors; developers can opt in to a “Sponsor me” button on repositories
Funding developers through GitHub Sponsors … Brendan Hesse / Lifehacker : Fund Your Favorite Open-Source Projects Using Github's New Sponsorship Program Tweets: @can : Not sure if this is me being contrarian but this can really go the wrong way. People get really entitled when they are paying others. https://char.gd/... @dynamicwebpaige : “With a way to directly support the people behind open source work, built directly into the world's most popular developer platform, we finally have the crucial missing piece to create a healthier way forward for open source.” 💕 this so much, @github. https://char.gd/... Mathias Meyer / @roidrage : This is great, happy to see GitHub focusing more and more on supporting maintainers, now also financially https://github.blog/... @dhh : I'm sure GitHub had all the right intentions here. And I'm sure this will work out well for a select few developers who will amass enough donations to ignore individual claims to their time. But I think it's a grave risk to the culture of open source. Aaron Levie / @levie : This is a game-changing idea that could change the economics of open source, and thus the future of software. 👍 @github @natfriedman https://twitter.com/... Boris Mann / @bmann : Looking at the new GitHub Sponsorship feature https://github.blog/..., payments can be made through multiple systems, including custom ones. This is controlled through a FUNDING.yml file. https://twitter.com/... Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : gotta fund all that crimeware and shadowbrokers exploit dumps somehow https://techcrunch.com/... Owen Williams / @ow : GitHub just proved it's back—and it's listening to developers again, helping build a better way forward for open sourcehttps://t.co/xEmaeiSOK5 Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : GitHub is launching Sponsors which allows you to donate to Open Source developers similar to creator platforms like Patreon. GitHub will match first $5K in donations and no fees for first 12 months of program. Microsoft acquisition has made it 🚀 https://github.blog/... @flaviocopes : This is probably going to be life-changing for open source contributors and heroes https://github.blog/...