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GitHub Launches "Sponsors" Feature for Crowdfunding Developers

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 28 2019, @08:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the M$-per-month dept.

takyon writes:

GitHub launches Sponsors, a Patreon-style funding tool for developers

GitHub is adding the ability for developers to accept recurring monthly payments from supporters, who can fund their work on open-source software. The feature, called GitHub Sponsors, works exactly like Patreon. Developers can offer various funding tiers that come with different perks, and they'll receive recurring payments from supporters who want to access them and encourage their work.

Bringing this model to GitHub could be a huge addition for developers of open-source software. By its nature, developing open-source software — which anyone can freely use — isn't profitable, but open-source software is critical to much of the tech we use every day, from the core of Android to small tools embedded inside larger programs. Developers can already turn to Patreon or other funding platforms to raise money, but building this tool directly into GitHub, the leading repository for open-source software, could make that even easier for them.

Also at TechCrunch, Engadget, and Lifehacker.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Tuesday May 28 2019, @01:58PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday May 28 2019, @01:58PM (#848498) Journal

    WTF, bad take from a bad bot. Crowdfunding is perfect for FOSS proponents, and if they are envying how much other people are making, they aren't busy enough. Software companies won't care because they can't do anything about it and the funding model has been around for a "long" time now. There are already coders using Patreon [google.com].

    FOSS devs can already avoid taxes by setting up a non-profit [videolan.org].

    If FOSS devs reject this, it's because they would be giving Microsoft a cut. Which means they have to go to Patreon or some other platform.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 28 2019, @05:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 28 2019, @05:44PM (#848578)

    yeah, i'm not going to use it, b/c i don't need any suited whores in my private business, especially Microsoft. i'm sure many bootlicking devs will love it, though.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday May 30 2019, @03:09PM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday May 30 2019, @03:09PM (#849304) Journal

    Crowdfunding is task oriented financing, traditionally. Nothing wrong with that, it's in the free software manifesto itself basically.
    I was discussing recurring payments.

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