Comment by yanokwa

2 months ago

I think open-source leaders who want sustainable resourcing should focus on building obvious paths for people who find ongoing value in their project to contribute. That to me is the best return-on-investment.

If it's a library, make it easy for developers to contribute code.

If it's an app, make it easy for individuals/businesses who value it to pay (e.g., cloud hosting).

I gave a talk about this at the launch of WHO's Open Source Program Office[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/live/yNK27_6MrF8?t=1215s

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