[alecthomas]

> Making it easier and making it a common habit. Companies need to realize, that paying maintainers/contributors pays off for them.

Definitely agreed.

> Looking at https://flossbank.com/, this seems like just what you describe. I don't know how it works exactly, though.

That looks ... related, but I _detest_ that it relies on injecting ads into package managers. It's also not extensible.

I think an open source tool would be preferable so that incentives don't get skewed by for-profit motives.

I would also prefer if the payments didn't go through a single company. Paying developers through GitHub Sponsors, Patreon, Flattr, or whatever their preferred mechanism is.