The Role of Foundations in Today's Open Source
summary
Foundations argue that basic needs—project hosting, license guidance, fiscal sponsorship—are increasingly handled by GitHub, GitLab, OpenCollective and GitHub Sponsors, so their role shifts to higher-value services: creating a neutral asset lock for trademarks (OpenStack spun out in 2012 to move trademarks out of Rackspace and attract IBM, Red Hat, HP), running directed funds pooling resources and audiences (KubeCon-style exposure), and actively managing a developer/user/ecosystem balance through grants, release management, certification and curated events.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:25Foundations
- 1:46Guidance
- 2:28Asset Log
- 3:35Fiscal Hosting
- 3:59Project Infrastructure
- 5:02Foundation Scope
- 10:01Details Matter
- 11:22Why
- 11:46Scope
- 12:06Who
- 12:37How
- 13:25Open Infrastructure Foundation
- 15:13What and How Graph
- 17:00Who Needs Foundations in 2022
- 19:51The Key Role of an Open Source Foundation
- 20:27Advanced Functions of Open Source Foundations
- 21:00Cultivating Audiences
- 21:58Balance and Develop
- 23:02Developer Support Services
- 24:25User Support Services
- 26:04Ecosystem Support Services
- 26:56Conclusion
- 28:52Questions
- 29:04Remarks
- 29:26European Foundations
- 31:49Collaboration
- 35:15Future of Foundations
- 38:29Life Cycle of Foundations
- 41:19Evolution of Foundations
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