[vemv]

I feel deeply aligned with the goals of this project, but unfortunately (for me) I think a given solution is not really hackable unless it's open source.

Depending on a given indivudual's opinions, availability, etc tends to be at odds with hackability.

At the same time I respect the author's desire to be rewarded for his work. Perhaps Patreon or the like could be a sustainable model. It's what the iTerm author uses (and quite a few other people who I do support).

[sephoric]

Patreon's model relies on monthly fees, which is something that philosophically I am against with software like Autumn, because it's not a continual service but a product that took a finite time to complete, so it should have a finite price. I also took counsel of someone who makes over $10k / month in monthly donations for open source work, who strongly recommends against it for personal products but encourages it for products that can benefit organizations.

[chris_st]

Patreon has a per-accomplishment tier, used by (e.g.) the "Pepper and Carrot" webcomic[1] to fund each page individually. You might consider that model for features...

[1] https://www.peppercarrot.com (highly recommended if your tolerance for cute/silly is high :-)

Oh, and the author's patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/davidrevoy

[sephoric]

Thank you, I did not know about this, it looks like an interesting path worth considering.