“Funding open source ... “ by @mjasay https://nzzl.us/
there is an additional benefit of bringing in URMs at a greater rate as well.
@Dries does a great job describing the “privilege of free time. https://dri.es/the-privilege-of-free-time-in-open-source …
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There are organizations trying to address this limitation (with their own benefits and drawbacks) —
@tidelift,@Patreon,@github Sponsors,@Bountysource,@linuxfoundation’s CommunityBridge and many more i’m sure i’m forgetting. -
PS this is one of the (many) things I love about open source. Two people at different orgs trying to think through (and ultimately) solve common problems
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Yes, I know
@jzemlin and the LF have been trying to find and fund these projects. Which just caused a thought: seems like that would be a very compelling reason to increase sponsorship of foundations (i.e., if you knew they were helping take care of the supply chain) -
Whatever the arrangements are exactly, you probably do need some sort of go-between (like the LF/CII) that can engage with individual developers or small groups of them in a way that's "non-traditional" and difficult to do for a typical company which wants SOW, approved vendors.
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I mean, those smaller projects run by independent developers. I know it's not as easy as "pay those developers" (that ESR article suggests that they may not actually want the constraints of a normal-ish job), but feels like a correct direction
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