GitHub Sponsors is helping the rockstars of open source software get the financial support they deserve.
Less certain, though, is how those coders, themselves, get paid. Because open source software is, by definition, free for anybody to download, remix, and use for any purpose, there's no financial obligation involved. Programmers donate days, months, or years of their lives to these projects, and often never see a cent in return — even if their code gets used by the largest of large enterprises.
There are other ways for developers to take contributions: Some open source developers rely on services like Patreon to appeal directly to their supporters for the funding to continue their work. However, she says, the launch of GitHub Sponsors reflects the company's belief that those who donate their time and energy to constantly improving open source software deserve more recognition than they often get. Zuegel doesn't just want people to make a little pocket change from GitHub Sponsors; she sees it as a way for the premier open source developers to find a way to truly thrive.
GitHub's newly-integrated Dependabot helps maintainers automatically check the dependencies in their projects and fix them.With Dependabot, now integrated with the GitHub platform, Lawson says that open source maintainers get the rough equivalent of another programmer on staff — one who doesn't mind doing that dirty work.
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