Is open source in trouble? About compensation for project maintenance
Open source sustainability requires corporate action, not charity: Igalia engineer proposes concrete pledges to compensate unpaid maintainers
This article discusses the sustainability issues in the open-source community, highlighting the burnout of unpaid maintainers and the lack of diversity. Marga Manterola, an engineering manager at Igalia, proposes two concrete pledges for corporate involvement: The Open Source Pledge, where companies donate $2,000 per developer per year to projects they depend on, and the Open Source Employment Pledge, where companies dedicate 50% of one employee's time to open-source development for every 20 developers employed, completely free of company influence.
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