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Re:Ask HN: Should I make my project open source to get users? by hollasch on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:21AM (#22625299)
This may be a model to consider: https://github.com/sponsorware/docs

Also, this may help you: https://opensource.guide/getting-paid/

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Re:Ask HN: Should I make my project open source to get users? by SunghoYahng on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:34AM (#22625369)
This is interesting. Thank you. But I wonder whether getting sponsorship is a business model that startups can have (and the way to succeed this way seems too long, so I wonder if I can sustain it). In the Github guide, the case of Travis CI is interesting. I'm going to dig it.
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