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Re:Ask HN: Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself by metabagel on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:06AM (#23223243)
He contacted wealthy philanthropists, who regularly give money to worthy causes. It’s not an unreasonable thing to do.
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Re:Ask HN: Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself by thih9 on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:03PM (#23224159)
These people receive 100s of requests like this. Perhaps they're focusing on funding something else.

Also, I don't understand why people seem to expect a reply to a (probably) cold email.

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