Open source can be puzzling. It's now widely accepted that open source software is everywhere. Yet almost every day there is a new passionate debate around how to align the interests of open source creators and users. How can we ensure that the open source software we rely on continues to get even more awesome and more dependable?

At Tidelift, we believe the solution is hiding in plain sight: pay the maintainers.

我们致力于创造一种有效的方法来实现这一目标，今天，我们宣布了自己的旅程中的一个重要里程碑，因为我们已经承诺向Tidelift上的开源创作者支付100万美元。

An open source business plan that lifts all boats

With the Tidelift Subscription, we make it easy for professional software teams to get one-stop shopping for security, licensing, and maintenance assurances for the wide variety of open source software they use. And from our research and our conversations with professional developers, we know that these assurances are in high demand.

将Tidelift订阅想像成Red Hat或Cloudera订阅，但是对于所有其他开源库，您都是从软件包管理器（例如npm，Maven，PyPI，Packagist和RubyGems）构建到应用程序中的。 并且收益流向该软件背后的实际开源维护者。

Tidelift makes it possible for open source creators to get paid by adding net-new valuable assurances around their software. We add something useful that professional development teams want, rather than hiding existing and future capabilities away behind paywalls or curtailing your ability to use the software freely. Our model grows maintainer income as projects have more users, rather than as maintainers spend more hours, so it’s possible to build a significant income around your open source project.

这是一项商业模式创新，它的出色表现有两个原因：

• It’s pragmatic. Open source is still software. It needs maintenance to keep it functional and secure. That's real work, and if there are no incentives, it just doesn't happen. (????did someone say Equifax?)

• It's just. These individuals and teams are creating amazing value, and deserve to be supported and rewarded for doing so.

在过去的几个月中，我们很高兴与Vue，Material-UI，Babel，Gulp，Fabric，Active Admin，Doctrine和StandardJS等领先项目合作，以证明这一模型。

TLDR：这很有意义，并且可以正常工作。

$1 million for open source creators

今天，我们很高兴地宣布，我们已经达到了一个重要的里程碑，通过Tidelift平台向维护人员承诺的付款超过100万美元。

我们也为任何开源项目注册参加Tidelift敞开了大门。

这对开源维护者意味着什么？

• We’re offering a guaranteed minimum $10,000 over the next 24 months to select projects. See if your project is eligible.
• Any open source project can sign up. You can register today to start encouraging your users to participate as subscribers, and start receiving subscription revenue for your project as it is available. Sign up.

Now it’s your turn

在Tidelift上工作是一件乐事。 我们将共同解决基于开源软件的专业软件团队所面临的严峻问题，以此来奖励该软件的维护者并支持他们的工作。

今天您可以发挥作用！

• If your organization builds software applications using open source components (hint: 92% do), then learn more about how the maintainers behind the Tidelift Subscription can keep your software secure, legally compliant, and maintained.
• If you contribute to an open source project, learn more about how you can get paid for doing the work you love.

无论您是使用开放源代码的专业团队建设还是开放源代码的创建者，我们都邀请您加入我们，共同推动这种双赢的方法，使每个人的开源更好。