This is really, really interesting. Open Collective is allowing those who use their platform, and have funding, to be “hired” under their umbrella to enable things like payroll, healthcare, taxes, etc to be handled. It doesn’t help projects that can’t get funding, but those that have ample funding to support maintainers full time now have an option for “employment”.
https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/open-source-collective-is-hiring-maintainers
https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/open-source-collective-is-hiring-maintainers
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my key focus of this article is:::
"Open Source Collective can only offer employment to projects hosted by us, but our organisation's status enables us to work alongside other organisations and funding methods. If your project has a sufficient amount of funding, and enough of those funds are managed through us, we will be able to employ you."
