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OpenFare can be used to fund open source or commercial software at any scale. It is a decentralized protocol which defines how payees can be paid.
With OpenFare, payments are managed programmatically. Payment plans and methods are defined in code. Which leads to the following advantages:
OpenFare can be used as a funding mechanism for FOSS. It is compatible with the MIT License as well as most other FOSS licenses.
OpenFare reveals the demand for funding across the entire software dependency tree. Donations made using OpenFare reach the roots. It brings to the surface critical software dependencies which are not in the limelight.
Setting up a project to receive donations is easy. Simply use the openfare tool to generate a OPENFARE.lock file in the project's top level directory.
In this example OPENFARE.lock file Steve and John split their donations 60/40. John can be payed via PayPal or lightning keysend. Steve can only be payed via PayPal:
