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Open Source Economics (is not what you think)

Open Source Economics (is not what you think)

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

Mike McQuaid

October 27, 2021
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  1. Open Source Economics


    (is not what you think)


    💷👩💻🌍🧘🥳
    @MikeMcQuaid

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  2. Staff Engineer in Communities
    (GitHub Engineer 2013 – Present)

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  3. Project Leader on Homebrew
    (Homebrew Maintainer 2009 – Present)

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  4. 👎 What aren’t Open Source Economics


    👍 What are Open Source Economics?


    👩🔧 What are some solutions?

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  5. What aren’t 👎


    Open Source


    Economics?

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  6. Economics:

    how 💵💶💷💴 flows


    around an economy?

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  7. OSS Economics:

    how 💵💶💷💴 flows


    between projects?

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  8. GitHub Sponsors

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  9. OSS problems:

    Solution: 💵💶💷💴


    fixes all problems?

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  10. What are 👍


    Open Source
    Economics?

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  11. Economic problem:

    Allocation of limited
    resources (💵💶💷💴)?

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  12. OSS Economic problem:

    Allocation of limited
    maintainers (👩💻👪🧑💻)

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  13. The Open Source Contributor Funnel
    https://mikemcquaid.com/2018/08/14/the-open-source-contributor-funnel/

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  14. Maintainer allocation:

    Help 🌍 or help 🙋?

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  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.

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  16. Maintainer time:

    More 💵💶💷💴


    means more ⏰ ?

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  17. Maintainer income:

    How much 💵💶💷💴 

    to work full-time?

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  18. What are 👩🔧


    some


    solutions?

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  19. How to Focus

    🧘 🧘

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  20. GitHub Actions

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  21. actions/stale

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  22. GitHub Discussions

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  23. Issue Forms

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  24. Maintainer focus:

    Enjoyment! 😍🥰🤪🥳

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  25. How to Spend Money

    💵 💶 💷 💴

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  26. Pay maintainers:

    GitHub Sponsors == 💵💶💷💴
    for their work

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  27. Outreachy

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  28. OSS Economics:

    🧘 🧘 + 💵💶💷💴


    == 😍🥰🤪🥳
    https://mikemcquaid.com/2021/10/27/open-source-economics/

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