Invest In The Software That Powers Your World

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Mercedes‑Benz runs a corporate sponsorship program that routes money through GitHub Sponsors to 27 organizations and individual developers, including the three Log4j maintainers, and funds OpenSSL; companies face procurement and sanctions check / GDPR hurdles when capturing maintainer identities. Fees vary (Open Collective takes ~10%, Linux Foundation waives fees for first $10M then 5%), foundations cost scale (Eclipse strategic membership ~€250k/year). Recipients report increased sustainability, more contributions, and morale — some maintainers can now work full time.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:30Meet Steve!
3. 2:57Vulnerabilities of Open Source
4. 12:38Set-Up and Challenges
5. 22:02Community Feedback

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