Having new initiatives in this space is always good. There was a blog post on OpenCollective about this as well [1].
The about-page specifically calls out that 'Deep dependencies are not receiving financial support' - which is a very hard problem to solve. So I'm happy that there are more and more people looking into this.
Having said that - within the Python ecosystems, both boto3 (AWS) and azure-sdk-for-python are receiving funding [2]? I don't know what approach they take in determining which projects receive funding, but I assume that still needs some (manual) fine-tuning.
> As a business that operates in Europe, it is possible to get a VAT refund for products/services of other European companies.
> European companies also tend to offer payment methods that are commonly used in Europe.
> Within the EU, many laws and framework conditions are set by the EU, which helps to cover a large market without having to consider large country-specific differences.
> It is also easier to enforce your rights against another company located in the EU.
That sounds to me like there are plenty legitimate reasons to exclude the UK from a European (Union)-based list.
They do seem to conflate Europe with the EU, which is unfortunate.
UK meets all of these points too FYI :). VAT is not paid/or refunded, we use the same payment methods and many will even accept euros if push comes to shove. GDPR is enshrined in law, we have an EU trade and co-op agreement.
The thanks.dev approach is great IMO. Tracing your project's entire dependency tree recursively and distributing money evenly to all projects is a great way to ensure that smaller/less visible projects also get some recognition.
These projects may be small, or you may not think about them because they are 1, 2 or more dependencies away, but they are still part of the success of the project/company/product.
(Note that I'm slightly biased here, as my project (Moto) has received funding from thanks.dev in the past (thanks to Sentry)).
The about-page specifically calls out that 'Deep dependencies are not receiving financial support' - which is a very hard problem to solve. So I'm happy that there are more and more people looking into this.
Having said that - within the Python ecosystems, both boto3 (AWS) and azure-sdk-for-python are receiving funding [2]? I don't know what approach they take in determining which projects receive funding, but I assume that still needs some (manual) fine-tuning.
[1] https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/ecosystem-fund...
[2] https://funds.ecosyste.ms/funds/python