BoF: Positioning Your Next Open Source or Standard Project for Success
Talkat Open Source Summit Europe 2023 · on Tuesday, 2023-09-19· at 15:40· Room 0E-2 (Floor 0), Abandoibarra Etorb., 4, 48011 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain·
summary
Four core factors drive sustainable projects: neutrality, IP clarity, open governance and long‑term funding. Put code in public GitHub/GitLab repos, add README, CONTRIBUTING and license files with SPDX identifiers, use GitHub issues/discussions/actions, document decisions publicly and avoid CLAs that transfer control. Case studies: Yocto and Zephyr show growth from good docs; a greenfield telecom project reaches 750 participants and 15 funders after focused onboarding. Budgeting example: $500k/year divided across 10 members yields a $50k/year ROI pitch.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Open source success intro
- 1:24Sustainable community elements
- 2:50Building greenfield communities
- 10:15Transitioning to foundation
- 11:59Commercial dependencies
- 14:49Naming and legal issues
- 17:36CLAs impact
- 18:40Funding structure and ROI
- 21:07Budgeting needs
- 24:15Return on investment metrics for funders
- 26:45Funding drivers
- 28:52Key success factors
- 29:13Yocto Project case
- 30:43Zephyr Project case
- 31:27Kamara Project launch
- 33:14Q&A on funding
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