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It's a very correct article. But here is a question: I run a software company and we're ready to pay for the FOSS we use in our product. Is there a convenient standard way to pay all the 50+ maintainers without having to spend years drafting individual contracts with each of them from a clean slate?


I did mention it was hard to do isn't it.

The other comment is right, vut tidelift is limited. There are foundations that cover whole ecosystems that may be of use.

Other than that, no not really. It is infrastructure we have not built because it is easier to not pay than to think about it


Depending on the FOSS you use, yes. Eg, https://tidelift.com/ .

Is it more convenient to find commercial/proprietary vendors instead?

Or to use warranty-less software and pay for your own staff to track changes and be ready to maintain the software yourself?




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