# OpenCollective to help sustain the project and community

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/opencollective-to-help-sustain-the-project-and-community/84>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/opencollective-to-help-sustain-the-project-and-community/84 "2018-01-18T03:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/opencollective-to-help-sustain-the-project-and-community/84/18 "2018-10-12T20:06:16Z")

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I’m way too exhausted to spin another variation of what we’ve been discussing here and in related posts. The reasons for having an Open Collective on the top of this post are still valid… the concerns laid out by @robbt absolutely valid, not unique in OSS, and addressable.

As mentioned in the tail end of [LibreTime Development Priorities](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-development-priorities/51/10?u=gusaus), I don’t think a continuously updated and maintained version of AirTime broadcasters can depend on is achievable without a mechanism to directly collect and distribute funds.

How we’d use Open Collective would be the next step, but I’m hoping (as someone who would like to use, provide, and contribute to community) we can at least make a decision and set it up.

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