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Open Source Economics (is not what you think)

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October 27, 2021
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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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Mike McQuaid

October 27, 2021

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Transcript

  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/