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providing incentive to WANT to give the project money

If you want money, ask for it at least.

Requiring it is better because it makes your work sustainable.

Require enough of it that you are not trying to figure out how to avoid work.

You are not obligated to save other people money.

And if you feel like giving back, take some of the money you get and use it for food for people who don't have enough to eat.

Good luck.

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I understand I'm not under obligation to, but I do feel obliged to make software that people actually want to support, rather than just playing another bill for another means-to-an-end. And Ill definitely be transparent about my desire to make money, I just want to be non-scummy about it, and approach it in a way that is both effective and honest.

Getting paid for something you made is not scummy.

If you want to get paid, asking for payment is the most honest thing you can do.

If you expect to be paid, requiring payment is the most honest thing you can do. It also means you don’t deal with people who would never pay you.

Hoping is not a plan.

Youve raised some good points. I'll take them into consideration.

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