Comment by Hamuko

15 days ago

Most maintainers don't have a stack of cash to throw at tokens.

They don’t need to throw a stack of cash at them, Anthropic and OpenAI have programs for open source maintainers.

https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss https://openai.com/form/codex-for-oss/

  • I'd say they're less of "programs" as they are "six-month trials". What's the plan after six months?

    And for what's it worth, PyPy isn't even eligible for the Claude trial because they have a meager 1700 stars on GitHub.

    • > What's the plan after six months?

      An unmaintainable mass of Ai slop code and the decision to either pay the ai tax or abandon the project.

  • Isn't the Claude one only for a few months?

    (I haven't checked the OpenAI one, as I have no interest in them)

    • Both programs have been announced as granting six months, but neither of them have explicitly said that there won't be options to renew for another six months.

      I expect they haven't decided that themselves yet and don't want to commit publicly until they've seen how well the program goes.

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