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Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing
This post is heavily inspired by my experience over the last ten years participating in the open source community and eight years as a maintainer of Homebrew (which I’ve maintained longer than anyone else at this point).
Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing
https://mikemcquaid.com/open-source-maintainers-owe-you-nothing/
Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing
Open Source is Not About You
Open Source is Not About You · GitHub
Open Source is Not About You
https://gist.github.com/richhickey/1563cddea1002958f96e7ba9519972d9
Open Source is Not About You
Open Source does not win by being cheaper
Open Source Metering and Usage Based Billing. Contribute to getlago/lago development by creating an account on GitHub.
Open Source does not win by being cheaper
https://github.com/getlago/lago/wiki/Open-Source-does-not-win-by-being-cheaper
Open Source does not win by being cheaper
How to talk to your company about sponsoring an open source project - Human Who Codes
Sustainable open source funding begins and ends with companies providing money for the value they're receiving.
How to talk to your company about sponsoring an open source project - Human Who Codes
https://humanwhocodes.com/blog/2021/05/talk-to-your-company-sponsoring-open-source/
How to talk to your company about sponsoring an open source project - Human Who Codes
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Negative Press

Is .NET an open platform yet?
After last year's debacle, I authored a paper to address the question "What should we do instead of shooting ourselves in the foot?" - now we know, it soared like a lead balloon.
https://isdotnetopen.com/
Is .NET an open platform yet?
Microsoft angers the .NET open source community with a controversial decision
Microsoft has made a last-minute change to .NET 6 that could backfire.
Microsoft angers the .NET open source community with a controversial decision
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740701/microsoft-dotnet-hot-reload-removal-decision-open-source
Microsoft angers the .NET open source community with a controversial decision
 
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Contributor Opportunities

🍦 Zero Effort

  • Like/Star/Retweet on GitHub, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn
  • Contribute to growth (even if you “just” see potential)
  • Don’t discourage

😎 Low Effort

  • Spread the word on social media (others may like it even more)
  • Nominate maintainer
    • GitHub Stars
    • MVP
  • Brainstorm ideas

😬 Medium Effort

  • Fix grammar and typos in repo/docs
  • Sponsor personally (tipping)
  • Help in issues, discussions, and chats
  • Take on first-timer issues

💪 High Effort

  • Investigate/fix bugs
  • Propose well-designed features
 

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