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Forgeties79 | on: Changing how we develop Ladybird
We already have trouble with people maintaining open source projects without getting paid, now you want people to pay for the privilege to participate in free work?
abirch | parent
It's a bond not a fee. If the maintainer feels that it's spam, they keep the bond. If they feel like it's not, they leave it.
Forgeties79 | root | parent
That sounds like a massive headache for maintainers and opportunity for people to cry foul. That gets messy so fast.