Community Building an Open Source Care Plane, aka FOSS Responders The story of FOSS Responders and our UPLIFT! event – an event of open source financial support ($105K!) and celebration (7 time zones!) It is a story of sustaining open source during an unprecedented time of disruption and change.
Open Collective Open Collective Update! New Expense Flow, Bank Transfers, No Fees for COVID and more!
FOSS (Not IRL) FOSS Funding Event! Come May 22nd & Come Shine. On Friday, May 22nd, FOSS Responders will host a virtual event to provide financial support for organizations affected by the profound disruptions -- to our economy and our community -- of Covid-19.
News New Paid Plans for Fiscal Hosts We are launching updated features for Fiscal Hosts on Open Collective, with a new pricing plan.Fiscal Hosts are the entities behind the scenes who make it possible for Collectives to receive and
Open Source Beyond post-install messages: npm adds support for package funding Open Collective previously promoted the use of postinstall messages, output in the developer terminal each time someone installed a package. This practice proved controversial, and in September we stopped encouraging it. We've let
Open Source Indeed's Open Source Sustainability Strategy During the last SustainOSS in London, Duane O'Brien let slip a comment that made me super happy, Indeed was piloting a FOSS Sustainability Fund. A way to institutionalize corporate open source support, and
case studies Witchcraft: the magic of math, functional programming, and community Interview with Brooklyn Zelenka, blockchain engineer, functional programming math wizard, community builder, and founder of Fission and…
Community The Next Billion Creators: Open Source Community Africa Driving the open source movement in the continent.
Open Source Our Philosophy on Contributing to the Open Source Community — and How You Can Too Open source has always been an important part of our operations. The open source community helps drive innovation, transparency, and…
News October 2017 News: Open Collective V2 released, and we’re hiring! Open Collective V2 is live! 🚀🚀
JavaScript Disclaimer: We accidentally linked this post to the latest newsletter! Open Collective V2 is live! 🚀🚀
News September 2017 News: Webpack Webinar, New Help Forum, Ads for OSS + more Webinar: How Webpack Reached $400K+/year in Sponsorship & Crowdfunding
case studies Social.coop: A Cooperative Decentralized Social Network Social.coop is a cooperatively run instance of Mastodon, a decentralized social network based on open protocols and free, open-source…
News July 2017 News: Events Feature, Ad Support for Collectives, + more You can now host meetups, conferences, and fundraisers through your Open Collective. You can now host meetups, conferences, and fundraisers through your Open Collective, with ticket revenue going directly to your budget.
Community We Gathered 100 Open Source Sustainers — Here’s What We Learned SustainOSS was a one day unconference for open source sustainers. There were no keynotes, expo halls or talks — only discussions about how…
case studies Open Source is the Next Mission for These Soldiers Operation Code supports veterans and military spouses entering the tech industry. Interview with co-founder Conrad Hollomon.
News June 2017 News: Survey reveals number one problem in open source Documentation is a big challenge, but a little funding can help a lot.
News May Update: Join us at SustainOSS! + more June 19 in SF @ GitHub HQJoin us for SustainOSS, a one day conversation about how to sustain open source for the future. It’s a small event (100 people max) so please make
News April Update: $200K for Open Source: Achievement Unlocked The Open Source Collective has an annual budget of over $200,000! And other news.
Open Source From Firms to Collectives Moving beyond the old model of private firms to create economic value together.
Open Source Moving beyond the charity framework A healthy ecosystem for supporting open source in the long term.
Open Source Let’s talk about money When we were building the first version of Open Collective, we found that communities and their members often had a complex relationship…
