Panel Discussion: Corporate Strategies for Sustainable Investing in the Open Source Ecosystem
Panelat OSPOCon @ Open Source Summit Europe 2022 · on Thursday, 2022-09-15· at 14:05· EcoCem Room (Level 2), Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, N Wall Quay, North Wall Dublin 1, D01 T1·
summary
Companies describe concrete experiments: a recurring $3,000/month sponsorship model that funds maintainers tied to measurable SaaS integrations; a fiscal host that manages 3,500 open source projects to simplify money flow; reliance on tooling like ecosystem.ms to map dependency risk; large vendors (40,000-employee scale) favor time and talent over direct cash, and Log4Shell drives foundation membership and coordinated funding — tactics that shift investments from one‑off grants to ongoing, measurable support.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 0:13Corporate Strategies for Investing in Open Source Sustainably
- 5:45How You Fund Your Open Source Ecosystem
- 10:54How Is Working with False Contributor Funds Influenced Your Perspective on How You Hold those Conversations Well within the Company
- 14:01Vmware
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