defining Open Source Sustainability - "Crisis"?

[chadwhitacre]

Making it rain.

If you are an open-source maintainer, I would recommend creating an account on @thanks_dev. I've received $268 in 2 months, and the only thing I did was create an account and click on "withdraw". 👍🏻

https://twitter.com/chadwhitacre_/status/1744142309820604847

My yearly income milestones as an independent open source person:

• 2022: minimum wage for NYC (~$35k/year)
• 2023: livable wage for NYC (~$60k/year)
• 2024 goal: entry level software developer salary (~$100k/year)

goals.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/status/1737229604442517902

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Tracking

• The Open Source Sustainability Crisis
• Twitter
• Lobsters
• HN (ranking)
• Reddit

[chadwhitacre]

The Hidden Crisis in Open Source Development: A Call to Action

This problem is only set to get worse if we do not make a change to directly value the open source creators upon which our software world depends on.

Yet, it’s not too late to rekindle the open-source spirit. By understanding the pressures that drive this shift and the challenges faced by unpaid open-source maintainers, we can begin to chart a course towards a more sustainable future for open source.

https://towardsdatascience.com/the-hidden-crisis-in-open-source-development-a-call-to-action-abf6bc2a8c0c

Is sustainability still a thing in open source?

We know intuitively open source is sustainable: It's been around for decades, its importance keeps growing in the digital economy, and public institutions actively try to participate in open source ventures. Still, open source sustainability remains a key concern for both practitioners and academics.

https://opensource.com/article/22/11/sustainability-open-source

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Link dump

https://www.nhdnug.org/meetings/2023/05/18/the-coming-open-source-sustainability-crisis https://thenewstack.io/can-open-source-sustain-itself-without-losing-its-soul/ https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://thenewstack.io/sos-sustainable-open-source/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68FkIwCc_eo https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-open-source-gift-exchange-2171e0f0 https://blog.scottlogic.com/2021/12/20/open-source-sustainability.html

[chadwhitacre]

https://www.google.com/search?q=open+source+sustainability+crisis https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0960085X.2022.2046516 https://opensource.com/article/22/11/sustainability-open-source https://opensource.com/article/23/1/open-source-sustainability https://blog.tidelift.com/the-closed-source-sustainability-crisis https://github.blog/2023-07-12-no-cyber-resilience-without-open-source-sustainability/

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https://thenewstack.io/open-source-needs-maintainers-but-how-can-they-get-paid/

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Post is up!

[chadwhitacre]

This project has hit a not-so-uncommon OSS milestone: Maintainer burnout.

"The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software is Unsustainable" (h/t)