November 2021
Intermediate to advanced
48 pages
58m
English
Content preview from Investing in Open Source: The FOSS Contributor Fund
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Chapter 1. Project Eligibility
The first component is project eligibility, that is, defining which projects are eligible for your FOSS Fund program. Your organization most likely relies on hundreds or even thousands of pieces of free and open source software. As much as we would like to define all projects as eligible, we have found pitfalls with that idea. The following criteria, considerations, and lessons learned will help you reduce confusion about which projects are eligible for funding.
Project Usage
The broadest possible criterion is “any project the organization uses.” If you needed tighter constraints, you could limit eligibility to projects that you use in a business unit or in a product.
Project License List
Which list of free and open source licenses are you working from? Rather than make your own list of licenses, there are several existing lists that are actively curated and well maintained. Two examples are the OSI Approved License List and the curated list of licenses, which follow the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Don’t write one yourself, though! There are hundreds of open source and free software licenses, each with its own nuances. Curating a list yourself is no small task, and well-maintained lists are already available.
Lesson Learned: Don’t Keep a Rigid Project List
Your list of eligible projects you use to determine nominations and eventual funding should align with your goals. If this list isn’t flexible, you can easily become beholden to process ...
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