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Open Source Economics (is not what you think) πŸ’·πŸ‘©πŸ’»πŸŒπŸ§˜πŸ₯³ @MikeMcQuaid

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Staff Engineer in Communities (GitHub Engineer 2013 – Present)

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Project Leader on Homebrew (Homebrew Maintainer 2009 – Present)

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πŸ‘Ž What aren’t Open Source Economics πŸ‘ What are Open Source Economics? πŸ‘©πŸ”§ What are some solutions?

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What aren’t πŸ‘Ž Open Source Economics?

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Economics: 
 how πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ flows around an economy?

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OSS Economics: 
 how πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ flows between projects?

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GitHub Sponsors

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OSS problems: 
 Solution: πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ fixes all problems?

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What are πŸ‘ Open Source Economics?

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Economic problem: 
 Allocation of limited resources (πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄)?

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OSS Economic problem: 
 Allocation of limited maintainers (πŸ‘©πŸ’»πŸ‘ͺπŸ§‘πŸ’»)

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

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Maintainer allocation: 
 Help 🌍 or help πŸ™‹?

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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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Maintainer time: 
 More πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ means more ⏰ ?

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Maintainer income: 
 How much πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ 
 to work full-time?

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What are πŸ‘©πŸ”§ some solutions?

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How to Focus 
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GitHub Actions

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actions/stale

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GitHub Discussions

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Issue Forms

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Maintainer focus: 
 Enjoyment! 😍πŸ₯°πŸ€ͺπŸ₯³

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How to Spend Money 
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Pay maintainers: 
 GitHub Sponsors == πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ for their work

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Outreachy

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OSS Economics: 
 🧘 🧘 + πŸ’΅πŸ’ΆπŸ’·πŸ’΄ == 😍πŸ₯°πŸ€ͺπŸ₯³ https://mikemcquaid.com/2021/10/27/open-source-economics/