The Real Costs of Open Source Sustainability
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2016 Roads and Bridges sparks a rush of VC‑backed funding platforms, but the claim is that money alone fails: sustainability requires three simultaneous elements — contributing back, human and environmental diversity, and community safety. Evidence includes maintainers burning 60–100 hour weeks and corporate teams being paid full‑time who still need contributors, not cash. Recommended plan: inventory critical OSS, ask each project what it actually needs (code, testing, infra, governance), then commit long‑term and measure outcomes.
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- 0:00The Real Costs of Open Source Sustainability VM (Vicky) Brasseur, Juniper Networks
- 0:27In a world driven by technology, we are putting increased demand on those who maintain our digital infrastructure.
- 2:01Companies/Organizations for Open Source Funding
- 2:46And others may be on the
- 3:18Stunningly, although everybody agrees there is a problem (whether defined as 'volunteer burnout", community mismanagement or a greater lack of funding), the conversation has not progressed beyond meager, short-term solutions such as tipping or crowdfunding."
- 4:21OUR COMMON FUTURE THE WORLD COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
- 4:40The Brundtland Report Our_Common_Future
- 5:33"...development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." -The Brundtland Report
- 5:56Elements of Environmental Conservation and Human Sustainability 1. Poverty reduction 2. Wealth redistribution 3. Gender equality
- 6:59Corporate Sustainability Planning projects/corporate-sustainability-at- a-crossroads
- 7:36Elements of Corporate Sustainability Plans
- 9:57Benefits of a well-executed corporate sustainability plan • More reliable supply chain • Collaboration between groups internally and externally • Improved communication • Increased innovation • Improved employee retention and recruiting
- 11:41It's about more than just money.
- 12:10Complicated.
- 12:36Elements of Open Source Sustainability 1. Contributing back 2. Human and environmental diversity 3. Community safety
- 13:13Contributing back . Give back to the projects you use . Can take many forms • In-kind contributions (servers, hosting, etc.) • Service contributions programming marketing event management
- 24:03Getting started on an Open Source Sustainability Plan 1. Determine which projects are strategically important for your company 2. Evaluate the success and longevity needs of that project in collaboration with the community 3. Contribute, engage, participate
- 24:29Determine which project(s) are strategically important for your company.
- 27:32Benefits of Open Source Sustainability • More reliable supply chain • Collaboration between groups internally and externally • Improved communication • Increased innovation • Improved employee retention and recruiting
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