The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

How companies are sponsoring OSS (Interview)

May 10, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Building and Shipping Features in a 30% Risky Environment

2min

The Importance of Open Source Software

2min

How to Support Open Source Software

2min

How to Fund Open Source Projects

2min

The Foske Contributor Fund

3min

The Value of Open Source

2min

The Importance of Fairness in Open Source

2min

The Value of Open Source at Bloomberg

3min

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The Importance of Corporate Philanthropy at Bloomberg

2min

11.

The Unique Advantage of Alyssa's Situation at Bloomberg

2min

12.

The Impact of Sentos on the Open-Source Community

2min

13.

How to Fund a FOSS Fund

2min

14.

How to Build a FOSS Contributor Fund

2min

15.

The Importance of Equity in Open Source

2min

16.

How Much Should I Give to Open Source Infrastructure?

2min

17.

The Sovereign Tech Fund

2min

18.

The End Game for Open Source Sustainability

2min

19.

The Quasi-Governmental Approach to Open Source

2min

20.

The Unfairness of AWS

2min

21.

The Future of Open Source Community Engagement

2min

22.

The Future of Open Source

2min

23.

How to Create a Broad Scale Cross Organization Collaboration

3min

24.

DevCycle's Feature Management Platform Can Help You Ship Code Faster, Reduce Risk, and Improve Customer Experience

2min

25.

The Importance of Supporting Open Source

2min

26.

The Importance of Participation in Change Logs

3min

27.

The Future of Open Source Program Offices

2min

28.

The Importance of Iteration in Software Development

2min

29.

How to Thank a Maintainer During Maintainer Months

2min

30.

How to Fund Open Source Projects From Within Your Company

2min

31.

How to Show Up for Projects and for the People That Are There

2min

32.

Maintainer Month: An Ongoing Conversation

2min

33.

How to Support Open Source

3min

This week we’re celebrating Maintainer Month along with our friends at GitHub. Open source runs the world, but who runs open source? Maintainers. Open source maintainers are behind the software we use everyday, but they don’t always have the community or support they need. That’s why we’re celebrating open source maintainers during the month of May. Today’s conversation features Alyssa Wright (Bloomberg), Chad Whitacre (Sentry), and Duane O’Brien (Creator of the FOSS Contributor Fund and framework). We get into all the details, the why, the hows, and the struggles involved for companies to support open source.

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