I’m the author of perfect-freehand. It’s a good amount and I found the whole interaction really great: I get to tease library users on twitter to sponsor me, get a bunch of engagement, and give the company the opportunity to sponsor me to get a positive boost from a happy ending. No complaints.
Having my work used in a visible way by large companies does make me wish I’d productized it more. Maybe sometime I’ll release a refactored/improved version under a different license. However, I’ve also started a company around a different open source project of mine (tldraw.com) and if there’s a bag to be got, I’m sure I’ll get it there.
Nice work and thank you for replying. I’m new(ish) to open source and was asking because I wanted the perspective of someone more experienced. I don’t have much context for what level of work goes into making something like this, nor have I any clue what it feels like to know a big company is using my work. Your reply really helped to inform my understanding of these things and like you, I’d be quite pleased with a sponsorship of that amount.
Having my work used in a visible way by large companies does make me wish I’d productized it more. Maybe sometime I’ll release a refactored/improved version under a different license. However, I’ve also started a company around a different open source project of mine (tldraw.com) and if there’s a bag to be got, I’m sure I’ll get it there.