How Your Company Can Help Sustain Open Source
summary
Companies get concrete playbooks: create an OSPO or guild, run first‑time contributor events and study halls, and fund projects directly. Indeed runs a FOSS fund that grants $10,000/month by employee nomination and voting, ships a Starfish tool to track GitHub contributions, and uses Microsoft/gh‑crawler for longer‑term data. Measure baselines (new and recurring contributors, issues/comments, workshop attendees), avoid internal forks, consider hiring maintainers or using services like Tidelift, and reward tiny noncode work like docs and triage.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to open source support
- 2:34What is an OSPO and its purpose
- 5:08Resource mapping for small programs
- 8:38Mistakes to avoid when open sourcing
- 10:47Contributing to other projects
- 14:19Why companies should care about open source
- 19:19Ways to contribute to open source
- 26:06Fostering a culture of contribution
- 32:30Measuring success and maintaining buy-in
- 38:48Additional resources and conclusion
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