Open Source Pledge ⇌
@ThePledge
Open Source Pledge is a group of companies with a shared commitment to paying the maintainers of the Open Source software we all consume.
Hello world! We’re here to get OSS maintainers paid and chew bubblegum. And we’re all out of gum. #PayTheMaintainers
We asked @teabass and @benjam to tell us about Ecosystem Funds, their one-stop shop for helping orgs fund the Open Source software they actually depend on. opensourcepledge.com/blog/we-should…
Sponsors team helping out with @ThePledge, ty ty ty 🙏
if github can ship buttons like this you can ship your unfinished saas
Love seeing @ThePledge badge in the footer on Posit's website. ☺️ Why is it not on your company's website? 🤔
For episode 2 of Open Path, I talked to @simonw @nedbat and five other maintainers to understand the Open Source burnout crisis from their point of view. The dream? Financial support w/o hoops!
Just gave my #OSSummit talk: Who Will Maintain the Future? Grateful for the energy, honesty & deep convo on engaging Gen Z(ed?) in open source 💬 Slides (light on text, rich in notes/stats/refs): 📎 docs.google.com/presentation/d…
Our world runs on software, and more than 95% of its code depends on free and open source software. This critical infrastructure is built and maintained by mostly unpaid volunteers, and without sustainable funding, its risks continue to grow, leading to more global security…
In our first major @getsentry release, we're open-sourcing Launch Booster! This repo will make it easy for anyone to create an Order File - the easiest way to improve iOS app launch time Full post + link to repo👇
ever hear the advice "Cheap lawyers are expensive"? similarly, not paying the Open Source maintainers you depend on can end up costing your company money. Vlad explains how👇opensourcepledge.com/blog/not-payin…
Just published my first blog post as part of @getsentry to announce that order file generation is now open source! blog.sentry.io/open-source-to…
.@GitBook is hiring a Typescript/Node developer to build a platform for publishing beautiful documentation used by millions. You'd be working for a company that pioneers sustainable Open Source by paying the maintainers it depends on. 🙌
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz talks about Collective Governance and How to Fund It at @altctrlorg
Paging @ThePledge
Next batch of Codex open source fund grant recipients: ⬩Bun - fast, all-in-one JavaScript toolkit @bunjavascript ⬩Ratatui - Rust library for cooking up terminal UIs @ratatui_rs (used in Codex!) ⬩Apache Maven - build and dependency management for Java @ASFMavenProject…
5 years of #MaintainerMonth 🎉 From Times Square to tiny commits, the world is showing up for open source maintainers 💖 Big thanks to Kara Sowles Deloss + amazing partners like @CloudNativeFdn, @OpenSourceOrg, @openjsf, & more 🌟 From @thenewstack : thenewstack.io/how-the-world-…
Found some member companies of @ThePledge boothing at #pycon!