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We haven't chosen them yet but they will be rotated every so often. If you have suggestions we'd be happy to hear them.

We are similar in that we use a monthly subscription that ultimately pays open source developers but I'd say that's where the similarities end. Tidelift is focused on security and vetting dependencies which is a noble effort! StackAid is focused on eliminating any friction and allowing many many more developers to be financially supported and make a living developing open source.

After a few months if the funds aren't claimed we will reallocate them to a subscriber's other direct dependencies. For the time being, if you accepting funds via GitHub Sponsors, Open Collective, etc. we will do our best to get money to you.

Yes it is. If there are no additional projects to fund after reallocation we will donate the remaining funds to other organizations/charities.

Yes! You can reach out to me at wes@stackaid.us

We also have a signup page https://www.stackaid.us/invite

Which example are you looking at? Perhaps you included the "Shared with" amounts to the total, which is actually what a project pays it's dependencies.

Currently there isn't a way to change the weights. For projects like DefinitelyTyped, react, etc, they will have the option to either not claim funds and their allocations will redistributed, or they can elect to have their allocations pass through straight to their dependencies instead.

Lastly there is always the option to create your own explicit set of dependencies you want to fund with a stackaid.json file in your repo

It's important to note that 7.5% is the max we would make. The more direct dependencies you fund, the less we make. When we reallocate funds, the same rule applies.

Our goal is to support projects outside of GitHub but we had to start somewhere and GitHub seemed like a pretty logical choice.

We did exactly this! https://covidtrace.com/

We built a privacy focused contact tracing app. It records your location history for a 3 week period and then compares it against reports of COVID-19 infections. The comparisons happen all on your phone so your location history is not exposed.

We are working on getting into the app stores but both Google and Apple have changed their requirements requiring us to partner with an existing recognized organization. We are working as quickly as possible to find someone, if you know of any potential partner, please let me know!

Are you also a fan of list.first() over list[0]? I think it's just a convention that takes getting used to and ends up being quite handy.