[vortico]

I can't speak for others, but many of my company's open-source projects are not open-contribution (meaning I don't accept PRs unless I hire you). Features are added because funding comes from somewhere else, but it would be nice to have a second option for users to fund a feature directly.

[oauea]

Just curious, what do you gain from having your code be open-source if you do not accept outside contributions?

[vortico]

Users can enjoy these four freedoms when using our software. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

If you're asking what we benefit from doing this, not much. We could have released proprietary software, but as users of software ourselves, we enjoy having these freedoms, so we don't want to restrict users of the software we write.

[bloodorange]

Mate, I haven't felt as happy reading a comment on this website as when I read this comment of yours. Keep up the excellent work and I hope you find a lot of success!

[jaywalk]

It gives users of the code the ability to inspect it and understand what is going on.