Interview with Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin, on how they harness the power of blockchain for open source - and open source developers can make money.
Gitcoin - Fund What Matters
The trusted directory and reference library for Ethereum public goods funding. Discover funding mechanisms, platforms, and learn what works.
Open Source Money will BUIDL the Open Source Ecosystem
The blockchain revolution is growing open source
Building an Open Source Company: Interview with GitLab's CEO
Building an Open Source Company: Interview with GitLab's CEO
A method for giving credit to organizations that contribute code to Open Source
By tracking organizational contributions in Git commits, we can give organizations more tangible reasons to fund open source and help sustain it over time.
I Don’t Want to Know What “Open Source” Means
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all on GitHub.
The Money In Open-Source Software | TechCrunch
It’s no secret that open-source technology -- once the province of radicals, hippies and granola eaters -- has gone mainstream. According to industry estimates, more than 180 young companies that give away their software raised roughly $3.2 billion in financing from 2011 to 2014. Despite the growing popularity of open-source software, though, many open-source companies are not financially healthy.
Open Source Software and Corporate Influence — Andrew Lilley Brinker
Exploring how corporations gain power in open source projects, and how to build resilience to corporate capture.
Cryptoeconomics: Paving the Future of Blockchain Technology | HackerNoon
Page through the articles on <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> today and you will see healthy discussions over its applications and endless debates over the future price action of someone’s favorite cryptocurrency. Yet rarely among all these topics is any mention of the most fascinating notion at the heart of the movement — blockchain as a novel means<strong> to incentivize desired human behavior</strong>.
How to Make Money from Open Source Platforms - Linux.com
John Mark Walker is the Open Source Ecosystems Manager at Red Hat. I never thought I’d have to write this article in 2015. By now, I thought it would be self-evident how to derive revenue from open source software platforms. But alas, no. Despite the fact that the success of open source software is unparalleled and […]
I'm very sorry, but you're going to have to learn to love the blockchain | TechCrunch
I apologize. I get it. You hear "blockchain" and you immediately think "shady get-rich-quick schemes" or "bubble of magical fake Internet money" or
GitHub - OpenArCloud/openvps
Contribute to OpenArCloud/openvps development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub’s one-dimensional view of open source contributions – Wes McKinney
TL;DR One of the most harmful parts of the GitHub platform is the code contribution calendar. This “hacker score card” overemphasizes the value of commits over the other kinds of important contributions to open source projects, like doing code reviews and discussing bugs and new features on the issue tracker.
Building for the Blockchain | Y Combinator
If you’re here, we assume that you’re a developer/hacker who’s intrigued by the blockchain. You’re convinced that you understand how it works and now you’re itching to figure out what the blockchain means for you and your developer skill set.
