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Like tipping someone a penny. If it's so critical to their business, then they can pay a pittance to sustain it.


This chart claims a lot of contributions (2020). It is certainly more than a penny.

https://www.statista.com/chart/25795/active-github-contribut...

"Microsoft is now the leading company for open source contributions on GitHub" (2016)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12504694


The article has the number. Google paid him $10k in a one-time grant.




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