In a fully open-source project, this requires a critical mass of committed developers to sustain, many (if not all) of whom are not directly paid for their time. This can be difficult to achieve, especially in academia, as evidenced by the examples of software that do not see updates past their initial publication, and/or are no longer available. We are committed to the continued development of Digichem, and acknowledge that this cannot be done for free, forever. By adopting this licensing scheme, we are able to explore funding strategies for future