[gibba999]

* Well, the links on the front page point somewhere random -- to a clipart site.

* There's nothing about who is doing this or why.

* There's no way to actually pay that I could find.

* There's no information about overhead, or if the GratiPay is pocketing the money.

It's just a half-baked half-finished web page. I think a good not-for-profit here might be helpful? But I'm not sure how to structure it so that it is. I don't see why a business would actually want to pay. Most managers believe they have a fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder value. This doesn't help.

And the money raised? I'm not sure a serious analysis has been done by anyone. As an open source author, I'm not inclined to even deposit a $0.32 royalty check.

[dhosek]

If you look closely you'll see that the banner on the linked site says:

“Gratipay: A pioneer in open source stability née gittip 2012–2017 RIP”

Apparently, after five years of trying to make a business of it, he gave up.

The article, by the way is from 2017. Perhaps a mod should add that to the link title.