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How do I convince the management that it's worth spending a fraction of what 1 developer costs to give back to OSS?
by tra3 4y ago
How do I convince the management that it's worth spending a fraction of what 1 developer costs to give back to OSS?
- paulddraper 4y agoHow do I convince you? ;)
- noisy_boy 4y agoMake it as organized/structured as possible. Go through the social initiatives arm of the firm, if they are big enough to have one. To them "our social responsibility initiatives" or "open source community contributions" sounds better and webpage-worthy than "we pay project X, Y and Z" (even though that is basically what it boils down to). On the other hand, for a smaller firm, this might probably be just a one-to-one talk/convincing an executive. If you can't convince one, try another. If you can't convince any, take it as a flag with the color of your choosing.
- armini 4y agoI'd love to help you build out that business case & open source it. Let me know if you're interested https://discord.gg/fQGqvQdWxq https://discord.gg/fQGqvQdWxq We're also started sharing interviews with maintainers who talk about the people aspect of what this funding means to them https://www.youtube.com/@thanks_dev https://www.youtube.com/@thanks_dev
- pabs3 4y agoTell them it is risk management; funding OSS ensures that projects you depend on will exist as OSS into the future and hopefully have less bugs and security problems. For example: https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2022/10/27/open-source-relicensing-business-risk https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2022/10/27/open-source-...