{"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":10,"created_at":"2015-10-15T11:39:44Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T11:12:59Z","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/148907886","html_url":"https://github.com/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6#issuecomment-148907886","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pybee/paying-the-piper/issues/6","id":148907886,"user":{"login":"nanuxbe","id":1215070,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1215070?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe","html_url":"https://github.com/nanuxbe","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nanuxbe/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-17T11:12:59Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T11:12:59Z","body":"Also, to go further on the 20% idea and recycling #23. @pydanny & @audreyr (pinging you because you wrote and self-published a very well made Django book) would you be willing to let the DSF sell your book on the Django website and have 20% of that revenue go to the DSF. When I say 20% of that revenue, I don't mean on your own profit margin, but having the book sell for 20% more on the Django website while clearly explaining how that extra cost will be used. I think a lot odf people might be willing to spend the extra 20% in the same way people accept to pay higher prices for fair-trade products."}}