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by iliaddh 497 days ago
They are not getting any exclusive rights. Buyers will be added as collaborators automatically and then fork it to their own account!
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help me understand why I wouldn't just fork an open source repo without paying for it on this platform. Honest question. What's the value add here?
The repositories are private and seller gets paid for every collaborator that buys it. So you cant access it without permission.
Isn't GitHub sponsor able to do that?
GitHub sponsor is donations in long term for open source projects. In this platform the repository ownership isn't transferred, and seller gets paid for every collaborator added and forked.
I don't think so. I do GitHub sponsor and i think its more sponsor then donation. The sponsor can get the reward specify by author. And one of the reward can be access to author private repository.

I think GitHub sponsor is more than donation. There is give and take between author and sponsors. Though it depends on the author to set up the reward and tier.

I believe selling a copy of your repo (software, solution, boilerplate) is more profitable than sponsors paying $2 once in a few month, and thats why I built this.