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This is actually not a bad idea for funding open source software. It used to be that you’d have an author who coded a project and then could fix the occasional bug or two quickly.

Now, we have larger projects where it is rare for one people to have a complete understanding, and the main value is a person to reviewing patches and bugs to make sure the changes align with the larger goals/path for the project. There is little incentive for a maintainer to do this, aside from wanting to limit forks.

Paying for that review might be the way to keep this whole model sustainable.

Opportunity for gh

“Here is my pr I attach x$ payable when it is merged” and allow me to add $ to other prs.

I have been waiting year + for multiple feature in some projects that have open prs and for one I would easily bid 100-200$

Maybe instead of the emoji buttons Github should let people attach money to the issue.

If that gets fixed, the project gets the money.

Maybe a donate link attached too. The dollars tied to a PR could help set priority of fixes.