muesliIf you, your project or your team depends on an open source project, don’t hesitate to mail its creators and tell them that you do!
You have no idea how useful such endorsements are when maintainers want to justify their time commitments!
El JoaI see your toot is not about money at all ( and still that mail would be very helpfull / motivating, thats what I take from it ).
But the comments quickly turn into that direction. .. its kind of sad, that your point cant stand on its own.
( and I coul immagine that this - beeing asked for money as a predictable next step - could keep someone from writing this " hey, I use your product, it's great!" email. )
Carl Cravens@El_joa @fribbledom And not every developer wants money... I have offered developers of small tools fifty bucks (of company money) and had it refused, because they didn't want to give out a payment information or bother with a single donation, etc. Not everyone is in it for the money, or feels money makes a difference in their project.