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by graemep 276 days ago
Why is it legally impossible to fund or contribute? Do they turn down contributions from paid developers? Do they refuse donations or just have no no mechanism for accepting them? Do they not have any form of commercial services or licence?

I think there are very few projects that do not accept support in any form.
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izacus 276 days ago
In most cases they need to be able to issue a commercial invoice in a region compatible with company accounting.

For a lot of single developers that's not a thing they're ready or able to do. Those that can, usually have companies established as a revenue source for their OSS project.

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pessimizer 276 days ago
> In most cases they need to be able to issue a commercial invoice in a region compatible with company accounting.

The need for this invoice is because companies cannot justify irrational spending. The have no process for gift-giving. There is almost nothing that will make spending on OSS not irrational, unless you're paying for specific bugfixes or customization work. You can't issue an invoice for nothing. How much would the invoice be for?

edit: that being said, please continue to make up any pretense to get OSS contributors paid if that's working for anyone.

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