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Paying the maintainers: not just how, but why

This afternoon at the annual Open Source Leadership Summit, the Linux Foundation announced an initiative called CommunityBridge, “a new platform ...
Donald Fischer
by Donald Fischer
on March 12, 2019

Open source has a working-for-free problem

By Havoc Pennington on March 7, 2019
It's a necessary part of open source that we do some work for free. But when it is an expectation—or at least a strong norm—to do everything for ...

VICE Motherboard on the business of funding open source development

By Donald Fischer on February 19, 2019
Daniel Oberhaus at VICE Motherboard published an extensive essay last week delving into the history and future of open source development. It’s a ...

What concerns developers about open source? Our latest survey results, part 2

By Chris Grams on February 14, 2019
The professional open source survey results we published last year highlighted the impressive reach of open source usage among professional ...

What are the top 3 reasons developers use open source? Our latest survey results, part 1

By Chris Grams on January 29, 2019
The professional open source survey results we published last year highlighted the impressive reach of open source usage among professional ...

Had enough of the zero-day exploit and fire drill?

By Havoc Pennington on December 6, 2018
Yeah, there will always be more.

Newly updated! The Tidelift guide to managing open source

By Chris Grams on November 29, 2018
Our mission here at Tidelift is to make open source work better for everyone. One big area of focus for us is finding ways we can help those of you ...

Survey: help us make developing applications with open source better

By Havoc Pennington on November 14, 2018
We do a lot of user research at Tidelift—connecting with open source maintainers and users alike. Over the past few months we’ve talked to ...

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