alt Hacker NewsMaybe we should cut out the middle-man and make it easy for people to donate token credits to open-source projects, and let the maintainers decide how to use them.
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pavel_lishin • today at 4:55 PM
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jayd16 • today at 5:57 PM
How about just cash?
bluefirebrand • today at 4:55 PM
Unfortunately "I donated money/tokens to open source" doesn't land interviews as well as "I'm a big contributor to open source"
People spamming Open Source repos with AI PRs aren't trying to help Open Source, they're trying to build a brand, some kind of credible online presence with their username on it, or whatever else. It's purely selfish and completely opposite to the spirit of Open Software imo
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Maybe we should cut out the middle man and make it easy for people to donate money to open-source projects, and let the maintainers decide whether to use them on tokens or hosting or developer salaries or something else.