Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Open Source Economics (is not what you think)
Search
Mike McQuaid
October 27, 2021
Technology
0
210
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
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Mike McQuaid
See All by Mike McQuaid
Ruby on (Guard)Rails
mikemcquaid
0
96
Workbrew - Homebrew for Mac Admins
mikemcquaid
1
140
Using "modern" Ruby to build a better, faster Homebrew
mikemcquaid
3
4.8k
Homebrew's Evolution
mikemcquaid
0
180
Open Source: boundaries, burnout, business
mikemcquaid
0
500
Homebrew’s Great Migration: moving to GitHub Packages with zero downtime
mikemcquaid
0
480
Building effective relationships
mikemcquaid
0
200
Homebrew - What's Happened and What's Next?
mikemcquaid
0
170
The Best Project
mikemcquaid
0
180
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
なぜ私はいま、ここにいるのか? #もがく中堅デザイナー #プロダクトデザイナー
bengo4com
0
1.2k
生成AI活用の組織格差を解消する 〜ビジネス職のCursor導入が開発効率に与えた好循環〜 / Closing the Organizational Gap in AI Adoption
upamune
5
4.4k
PHPでWebブラウザのレンダリングエンジンを実装する
dip_tech
PRO
0
210
解析の定理証明実践@Lean 4
dec9ue
1
190
【5分でわかる】セーフィー エンジニア向け会社紹介
safie_recruit
0
26k
論文紹介:LLMDet (CVPR2025 Highlight)
tattaka
0
170
無意味な開発生産性の議論から抜け出すための予兆検知とお金とAI
i35_267
0
210
ネットワーク保護はどう変わるのか?re:Inforce 2025最新アップデート解説
tokushun
0
130
Amazon Bedrockで実現する 新たな学習体験
kzkmaeda
2
630
MySQL5.6から8.4へ 戦いの記録
kyoshidaxx
1
290
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025 Recap Opening & Choose Your Own Adventureシリーズまとめ
mmmatsuda
0
220
CursorによるPMO業務の代替 / Automating PMO Tasks with Cursor
motoyoshi_kakaku
1
550
Featured
See All Featured
Testing 201, or: Great Expectations
jmmastey
42
7.6k
What’s in a name? Adding method to the madness
productmarketing
PRO
23
3.5k
Product Roadmaps are Hard
iamctodd
PRO
54
11k
JavaScript: Past, Present, and Future - NDC Porto 2020
reverentgeek
48
5.4k
Improving Core Web Vitals using Speculation Rules API
sergeychernyshev
17
950
Thoughts on Productivity
jonyablonski
69
4.7k
Keith and Marios Guide to Fast Websites
keithpitt
411
22k
Documentation Writing (for coders)
carmenintech
72
4.9k
Producing Creativity
orderedlist
PRO
346
40k
Creating an realtime collaboration tool: Agile Flush - .NET Oxford
marcduiker
30
2.1k
Save Time (by Creating Custom Rails Generators)
garrettdimon
PRO
31
1.2k
Let's Do A Bunch of Simple Stuff to Make Websites Faster
chriscoyier
507
140k
Transcript
Open Source Economics (is not what you think) 💷👩💻🌍🧘🥳 @MikeMcQuaid
Staff Engineer in Communities (GitHub Engineer 2013 – Present)
Project Leader on Homebrew (Homebrew Maintainer 2009 – Present)
👎 What aren’t Open Source Economics 👍 What are Open
Source Economics? 👩🔧 What are some solutions?
What aren’t 👎 Open Source Economics?
Economics: how 💵💶💷💴 flows around an economy?
OSS Economics: how 💵💶💷💴 flows between projects?
GitHub Sponsors
OSS problems: Solution: 💵💶💷💴 fixes all problems?
What are 👍 Open Source Economics?
Economic problem: Allocation of limited resources (💵💶💷💴)?
OSS Economic problem: Allocation of limited maintainers (👩💻👪🧑💻)
The Open Source Contributor Funnel https://mikemcquaid.com/2018/08/14/the-open-source-contributor-funnel/
Maintainer allocation: Help 🌍 or help 🙋?
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.
Maintainer time: More 💵💶💷💴 means more ⏰ ?
Maintainer income: How much 💵💶💷💴 to work full-time?
What are 👩🔧 some solutions?
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/