Open Source Economics (is not what you think)

What open source economics aren't, are and the solutions for open source economic problems.

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1. Open Source Economics (is not what you think) 💷👩💻🌍🧘🥳 @MikeMcQuaid
2. Staff Engineer in Communities (GitHub Engineer 2013 – Present)
3. Project Leader on Homebrew (Homebrew Maintainer 2009 – Present)
4. 👎 What aren’t Open Source Economics 👍 What are Open Source Economics? 👩🔧 What are some solutions?
5. What aren’t 👎 Open Source Economics?
6. Economics: 
 how 💵💶💷💴 flows around an economy?
7. OSS Economics: 
 how 💵💶💷💴 flows between projects?
8. GitHub Sponsors
9. OSS problems: 
 Solution: 💵💶💷💴 fixes all problems?
10. What are 👍 Open Source Economics?
11. Economic problem: 
 Allocation of limited resources (💵💶💷💴)?
12. OSS Economic problem: 
 Allocation of limited maintainers (👩💻👪🧑💻)
13. The Open Source Contributor Funnel https://mikemcquaid.com/2018/08/14/the-open-source-contributor-funnel/
14. Maintainer allocation: 
 Help 🌍 or help 🙋?
15. Nadia Eghbal, Working in Public A tragedy of the commons occurs not from consumers over- appropriating the content itself, but from consumers over- appropriating a creator’s attention.
16. Maintainer time: 
 More 💵💶💷💴 means more ⏰ ?
17. Maintainer income: 
 How much 💵💶💷💴 
 to work full-time?
18. What are 👩🔧 some solutions?
19. How to Focus 
 🧘 🧘
20. GitHub Actions
21. actions/stale
22. GitHub Discussions
23. Issue Forms
24. Maintainer focus: 
 Enjoyment! 😍🥰🤪🥳
25. How to Spend Money 
 💵 💶 💷 💴
26. Pay maintainers: 
 GitHub Sponsors == 💵💶💷💴 for their work
27. Outreachy
28. OSS Economics: 
 🧘 🧘 + 💵💶💷💴 == 😍🥰🤪🥳 https://mikemcquaid.com/2021/10/27/open-source-economics/