Show HN: StackAid – Fund all your open-source dependencies

Re:Show HN: StackAid – Fund all your open-source dependencies by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @04:14PM (#32842741)

I could see current higher-level projects taking advantage of their "first in line" access to the subscriptions.

I could also see people writing "wrappers," and intercepting the top-level contribution, then skimming a bit off the top, before sending them on.

Face it. There's money to be made, and a lot of really smart folks, with no ethics whatsoever, are more than willing to go for it. They'll figure out how to game it.

The bottle has been uncorked, and the genie has escaped. There's no putting the candy back in that piñata.

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Re:Show HN: StackAid – Fund all your open-source dependencies by nevernude on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @05:02PM (#32843301)

We thought long and hard about how people could game the system but ultimately it will be quite difficult because you still have to convince a large number of developers to actually use and depend on your project. And since the flow of donations and dependencies is public, the community will not look kindly one individuals trying such tactics.

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Re:Show HN: StackAid – Fund all your open-source dependencies by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @05:16PM (#32843466)

Fair 'nuff.

I sincerely hope it works out. I have become somewhat cynical, and maybe that colors things.

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