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by tbonesteaks 1648 days ago
I think think the size and niche of the open source project matters too. Just because you wrote a logging library or a parser of something that lots of people decided to use doesn’t really seem like a reason for companies to sponsor or pay for support. It’s a very small dependency. But, if it’s a database or a voice server or a web server even, those seem like something that can’t easily be replaced, so companies probably sponsor or pay for support more often. Am I wrong in thinking down this avenue?