# A Possible Solution To The Open Source Funding Problem

DevFeed: [A Possible Solution To The Open Source Funding Problem](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-possible-solution-to-the-open-source-funding-problem-32225.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bruceeckel.com/2017/09/11/a-possible-solution-to-the-open-source-problem/>)

Author: Bruce Eckel

Published: 2017-09-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bruce Eckel - Computing Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bruce-eckel-computing-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bounty.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategies.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses the open-source funding problem and considers bounty-based approaches as a possible partial solution. It argues that enabling people to get paid for developing open-source software is important to the future of the field.

## Source excerpt

William Gross has posted Give Away Your Code, But Never Your Time, a potential and/or partial solution to the problem of funding open source projects, which I offered a solution for here. I've since heard from people pointing out projects that have actually used the "bounty" approach - I was unintentionally describing something that already exists. We've been solving all these other problems around open source, but not the essential one: how can people get paid for developing open-source software.