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by nevernude 1377 days ago
Are you thinking of Flossbank[1]? We are currently structured as an LLC. Are there specific concerns you have that would prevent you from using StackAid because of that choice? Our hope is that our actions and being good stewards of funding open source will help earn and keep your trust long term.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31629261
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midenginedcoupe 1377 days ago
Ah, yes, I think you're right. It was Flossbank. Thanks!

No, I'm not sure an LLC would prevent me from using it, but I'd probably choose to go with a competing org given the choice. Siphoning off profit over and above operating expenses from a sector that's already woefully underfunded is not a great look.

I'll be watching with interest though, and will take a closer look when you support Scala+sbt dependencies, repos outside GitHub, and drop the need to grant your bot access to my private repos.

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nevernude 1377 days ago
Appreciate the feedback. In case you didn't see it already, we take a different approach to getting paid[1] that we think is more equitable.

You can also use our GitHub action to publish a stackaid.json file with your dependencies to a new repo just for the purpose of giving us access. This was your repos/source say private to us, but your dependencies can still be funded. It's a bit more effort on your part but hopefully addresses the concern.

1.https://www.stackaid.us/#how-do-you-make-money

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