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Re:On paying for software by jcrben on Sunday June 10, 2018 @05:33PM (#17280263)
This has existed for a while: https://www.bountysource.com/

It hasn't been a tremendous success story so far - but these things take time.

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Re:On paying for software by jancsika on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:47AM (#17284666)
That's different. I'm talking about participating as a user in a FLOSS mailing list, getting to know the people involved, then asking one of the devs if they can fix a bug or add a feature for you in exchange for money.
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