Try to determine (multiple?) fair remuneration methods for contribution

[jayaddison]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
RecipeRadar would like to exist for a long time and build gradually, without time pressure on any participants, and with fair and worthwhile rewards for contributions. Some people seem to enjoy writing software and providing it (and their time) to the community for free. Other people, equally fairly, determine that their time has a value that they'd like to maximize relative to a currency.

OpenCulinary C.I.C. (the company entity that exists to develop and support RecipeRadar) is backed by 65536 (2^16) shares, currently all held by the sole director (me). I'm not sure whether I want any of those really, long-term - I just want the project to be successful, where success metrics include improving education, meal nutrition and enjoyment of food at economically effective prices.

RecipeRadar should always be optional and should be completely free (and libre), modifiable and adaptable. It may generate revenue, although it doesn't yet, and it must not violate user privacy in order to do so.

Under these conditions, what is a good model to incentivize participation and contribution to RecipeRadar? Is it possible to measure contribution value, or does attempting that measurement only create friction? Are there similarities with salary and compensation transparency?

Describe the solution you'd like
Uncertain, but it should make almost all contributors feel like they have a good deal, and that they're happy to be involved. Moreso, they should feel like they can change the terms of their contribution and participation should their lifestyle, circumstances and opinions change over time.

Describe alternatives you've considered
(still under consideration) OpenCollective seems popular in this kind of direction. At the same time, it'd be worth trying to avoid non-optimal situations like mochajs/mocha#4467

[jayaddison]

See also: about the project, vision for the project.