I like the idea of V4V but it stands in stark contrast to greed, which is something that is much more reliable as a motivation.
The best models I've seen for FOSS funding have been services models. When software has utility, as so much FOSS does, it will make sense to get help putting that value to work, improving it, and keeping it updated with its dependencies.
This is the kind of thing we are doing with Indra... We have the idea we run a bunch of gateways between LN and the indra network and our funding comes from that. Once it becomes successful and heavily used we will offer people to take the seed spots for a flat fee and do like Indra will allow - disappearance.
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