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.
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