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Imagine from the beginning of github, you do that, then OSS will die from day 1.

I'm sure it's not the right way to make OSS sustainable.

The only way (which i believe) to make OSS sustainable, is that, you open source the core or toolings, let others fork it, and you make contract to support enterprise clients, to support the open core.

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FLOSS existed before Github and it will exist long after it is gone. Financial sustainability has always been a problem for the movement but it's independent of a single repository host.

why do you think that would have killed OSS from day 1? do you think people would only continue if the make some cash right away?

i feel like most smaller maintainers do it for fun/cool factor and if they get something from it then its a bonus.

i guess we could look at youTube as a model there, i think most creators start out doing something they love and only turn into a business when they see it can be sustainable, they have no shortage of creators

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