{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6","id":111599565,"number":6,"title":"Working around the edges","user":{"login":"ianlandsman","id":53144,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53144?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman","html_url":"https://github.com/ianlandsman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":15,"created_at":"2015-10-15T11:39:44Z","updated_at":"2015-10-19T12:52:47Z","closed_at":null,"body":"In the Laravel community we've seen a number of business initiatives work pretty well.\r\n\r\nTaylor Otwell has launched a few fairly low touch SaaS apps around the Laravel ecosystem which allow him to work full time on Laravel without spending all his time on the businesses.\r\n\r\n* Forge - https://forge.laravel.com\r\n* Envoyer - https://envoyer.io\r\n\r\nJeffrey Way has his training site, https://laracasts.com which is an invaluable community resources and makes enough to allow him to do it full time and give back in multiple ways to Laravel.\r\n\r\nAt UserScape we run https://larajobs.com which lets us sponsor conferences, contribute financially to many of the Laravel community sites via 50/50 revenue sharing on job listings.\r\n\r\nEric Barnes runs https://laravel-news.com a community news site that is supported via sponsorship and membership.\r\n\r\nNone of these businesses are going to be fortune 500 companies, but all make enough money to allow direct or indirect support of Laravel and the surrounding community. \r\n\r\nTraining, jobs, community news, software that supports directly or indirectly the main OSS product are all ways to help financially support OSS."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/comments/149204809","html_url":"https://github.com/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6#issuecomment-149204809","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6","id":149204809,"user":{"login":"ianlandsman","id":53144,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53144?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman","html_url":"https://github.com/ianlandsman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ianlandsman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-19T12:52:47Z","updated_at":"2015-10-19T12:52:47Z","body":"@freakboy3742 I don't really see attaching strings to the use (direct, indirect, commercial, etc) of an open source project working. At least not for most projects. As soon as you have the strings you kill the young community, and without creating a large community none of the other revenue streams are possible at all. "}}