Keynote: Help Us Help You: Crossing the Divide Between Maintainers and Corporations
summary
Explains how a corporate OSPO actually supports projects: grants (monetary donations), Google Developer Experts and Google Developer Groups for networking, plus internal comms and foundation connections; urges maintainers to state concrete benefits to company and list budgeted expenses so the OSPO can make a case to people signing checks; says bureaucracy is part of license compliance, exposure helps but rarely pays bills, and learning to “translate” project value to business-language increases chances of funding and operational help.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Open source and arts spectrum
- 2:32OSS vs corporate disconnect
- 3:16Google’s OSPO support
- 4:20Tip for engaging corporations
- 5:44Navigating OSS bureaucracy
- 6:47Resources from large orgs
- 8:55Exposure and advocacy benefits
- 9:59Recap and call to action
- 10:43Closing
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