A walkthrough of the Node.js Foundation’s base contribution policy.
Growing a contributor base in modern open source
In the Node.js project, new contributors account for ~50% of all contributors per month.
Open-Source Contribution: The Ultimate Guide | Built In
How to get into open-source contribution according to these experts.
What kind of Software should we fund?
Laurie Voss, who was one of the founder of NPM, the Javascript package repository that is now run by Microsoft, has written a longer post about an idea about how to fund Free Software that I found interesting. It’s worth reading if you have some time and makes good points even though I will critique […]
Open Source Endowment — World's First Endowment Fund for OSS
The Open Source Endowment provides truly sustainable funding for critical open source software through a community-driven endowment model.
AI Contribution Policies
Ready-to-use AI contribution policies for open source projects.
Moving beyond the charity framework
A healthy ecosystem for supporting open source in the long term.
Why your Open Source Project might lack (my?) contribution (1)
"In this article I describe some things to consider when maintaining
It’s time to rethink Open Source
Why developers give away valuable work for free — and what can be done to take that money back.
Twelve tips for growing communities around your open source project | Ben Balter
Publishing code isn't enough. Twelve practical tips to attract users, welcome contributors, and grow a healthy open source community.
Why open source: 25 reasons to embrace it | Ben Balter
Open source isn't a fad. Here are twenty-five economic, moral, and personal reasons your organization should embrace it.
Creating and growing healthy community open source projects [PLoP 2020]
Abstract: This article presents a succinct and minimal handbook of best practices of how to create and grow community open source projects. We start with the assumption that the handbook’s user has…
Pippin Williamson on Building a Community Around Your Open Source Project
When Pippin Williamson launched Easy Digital Downloads in early 2012, he could not have predicted the success that the open source project is experiencing today. The core plugin is approaching half…
We just launched the Open Source Endowment, the first endowment dedicated to supporting Open Source maintainers, with $693,000 raised already. The world depends on Open Source, but making our ecosystem sustainable is a complex task. I hope that, with community consultation, the Endowment can help 🙏
A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source's funding problem, permanently | TechCrunch
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