Well, fully funding developers is one option.
Rather than monetize the software, fund its creators. They, along with everyone else, get great use value out of the software and they are empowered to live, live, do, play, and generally be.
Rather than monetize the software, fund its creators. They, along with everyone else, get great use value out of the software and they are empowered to live, live, do, play, and generally be.
They may also make money using the software to do whatever it is other people will pay for. That is the case for one project I contribute to on Pateron. Use value is real high and a community of users is funding the developer.
I am supporting a couple of other projects that way right now. I've got good developers on Patreon, and I'm happy to know that they're developing the software that I value. That's the end of it.
I'm also happy to know that software is out there for general use too. I don't really care if everyone's paying. Would I do care about is the developers are getting paid.
I think more developers should communicate where they are at in terms of support, and I think a whole lot more of us need to put small amounts of money toward making sure those developers are okay.