I write this merely because it needs discussing. I think a very serious issue with “open source” is makers still need to make a living. There is a kind of encultured blindness around “open source” I find unhealthy. Should “open source” = poverty? WHY, for instance, here, on talk.tiddlywiki.org , a…

[image] TW_Tones: I have done a lot of thinking about this and as a result have a lot to add, I have a dozen different approaches to seeking funding, delivering results and returning to the community. I would start sharing my existing work but is is more time I would be spending, without an in…

Honestly @TW_Tones to support what TT is saying here — get a solid day job of some kind. I know many passionate open source contributors (including myself) that have burnt out. TW is NOT at a stage where there is an abundance of paid work. It is amazing to be tied to a worldwide community like TW…

Thanks for your advice, But, yes. I am not putting all my eggs in the tiddlywiki basket, just a few dozen :nerd_face: Never the less any job I do now or personal things I use tiddlywiki thoroughly. I do believe it is a tool that many professions and industries could make use of even if only to pub…

1. notes I thought about this idea everyone, you can fix it if you want… I just detailed some views I had reading the comments and writing. I hope to help in some way 2. first of all an observation, observation 1: Open core is different from freepremium, for example freepremium lasts 30 days of t…

[image] Tiddlybob: Maybe we could make donation goals and improve the visibility of the initiative? I think that a good idea. Proactive visibility. Would be a start. One thought I had was on the Right Sidebar, at the bottom, there be (by default) the … [Screenshot 2022-08-11 110624] Thou…

[image] TW_Tones: I am not sure anyone can be this philosophically and ethically. Even if someone is funding an open source project, but especially if they are not, they are in my mind obliged, to add value to the community, otherwise they may be, or are a “freeloader”. I even expect users to c…

[image] TW_Tones: I am not putting all my eggs in the tiddlywiki basket, just a few dozen :nerd_face: Good. So long as they are bakers’ dozens . TT, x

Hi @anon5541130 — we’re not ignoring you, but (I think you know) you write a lot. And secondly, I think what you’re discussing is a bit off topic. This thread isn’t really about creating a business around TW. “The community” (I’ll put it in quotes because of course I don’t speak for it) isn’t inter…

So TT and @Tiddlybob this is where we come from discussion to action again. Do you want to volunteer to explore these ideas in #projects:opencollective ? I invite you to write up your thoughts and get involved if you’d like to help increase donations. I’m happy to host a live call to facilitate th…

[image] boris: explore these ideas in Community Projects > OpenCollective ? Sure. Though I doubt I may be useful. Tell me what to do. TT

Money -- Open Source & TW

TiddlyTitch August 11, 2022, 12:40am 63

Right.

I know you are deeply committed to TW. I hope not to the detriment of your health?