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Episode 213: Chad Whitacre on Sponsoring $500,000 to Open Source

Dec 22, 2023
Chad Whitacre, co-founder of SustainOSS and Sentry’s Head of Open Source, shares insights on Sentry’s $500k open source funding, the economic value of open source, and the importance of companies giving back. He also discusses Chad's unique business cards and the connection between licensing and funding in open source, along with book recommendations and personal preferences of the hosts.
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Quick takeaways

  • Century has implemented a successful open source funding program, increasing funding from 150k to 500k annually.
  • Chad Whittaker introduces Fos Funders, a platform showcasing companies that financially support open source and encouraging others to join in.

Deep dives

Century's Open Source Funding Program

Century has implemented an open source funding program to give back to the open source community. They have run the program three times, increasing the funding amount each year. This year, they allocated a total of $500,000 to support open source projects. The funding is focused on the non-commercial, sponsorable part of the open source community. Century aims to give back to the projects that their engineering team depends on, with an average of $3,700 per engineer annually.

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