[dotBen]

It's funny how developer time is considered free, but tokens are not.

In other words when it comes to FOSS contribution, developer time can be donated but tokens can't - so as we move into agentic code era all FOSS development carries a cost unless it is purely done by hand (which more often it isn't).

Not saying this is what is going on here but it's presumably a factor if the author was looking for an employer to sponsor development with his labor (and tokens).

[Aeolun]

I don’t understand this? I donate plenty of tokens towards OSS.

I guess it’s anthropic donating the tokens because they give me about $5k of API tokens for the $200 I pay them.

[killingtime74]

https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss open source maintainers can get this.

Chatgpt also has similar https://developers.openai.com/community/codex-for-oss

[nemomarx]

You could also donate money to allow the devs to spend it on tokens, right?