What open source economics aren't, are and the solutions for open source economic problems.
Open Source Economics(is not what you think)💷👩💻🌍🧘🥳@MikeMcQuaid
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👎 What aren’t Open Source Economics👍 What are Open Source Economics?👩🔧 What are some solutions?
What aren’t 👎Open SourceEconomics?
Economics: how 💵💶💷💴 flowsaround an economy?
OSS Economics: how 💵💶💷💴 flowsbetween projects?
GitHub Sponsors
OSS problems: Solution: 💵💶💷💴 fixes all problems?
What are 👍 Open SourceEconomics?
Economic problem: Allocation of limitedresources (💵💶💷💴)?
OSS Economic problem: Allocation of limitedmaintainers (👩💻👪🧑💻)
The Open Source Contributor Funnelhttps://mikemcquaid.com/2018/08/14/the-open-source-contributor-funnel/
Maintainer allocation: Help 🌍 or help 🙋?
Nadia Eghbal,Working in PublicA tragedy of the commonsoccurs not from consumers over-appropriating the content itself,but from consumers over-appropriating a creator’sattention.
Maintainer time: More 💵💶💷💴 means more ⏰ ?
Maintainer income: How much 💵💶💷💴 to work full-time?
What are 👩🔧somesolutions?
How to Focus 🧘 🧘
GitHub Actions
actions/stale
GitHub Discussions
Issue Forms
Maintainer focus: Enjoyment! 😍🥰🤪🥳
How to Spend Money 💵 💶 💷 💴
Pay maintainers: GitHub Sponsors == 💵💶💷💴for their work
Outreachy
OSS Economics: 🧘 🧘 + 💵💶💷💴 == 😍🥰🤪🥳https://mikemcquaid.com/2021/10/27/open-source-economics/