whit537

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   by whit537 4mo ago

   Hey, everyone. Thanks so much for participating in this thread! I couldn't have asked for a better "retirement party" haha. I followed along all day yesterday while wrapping up the last few things at Sentry. Right as I posted
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   Revisiting the 2015 Open Source Census(nesbitt.io)

   9 points by whit537 4mo ago|1 comments
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   by whit537 4mo ago

   "Someone looked straight at it in 2015 and wrote down, in plain English, exactly why xz was dangerous."
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   by whit537 7mo ago

   Yes, stars are a popularity contest. No open source project has ever become this popular this quickly.
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   OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub(star-history.com)

   291 points by whit537 7mo ago|370 comments
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   by whit537 7mo ago

   Nice! Missing https://opensourcepledge.com/ tho :)
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   by whit537 7mo ago

   Some day. :) You can follow along w/ model development in this repo: https://github.com/osendowment/model
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   by whit537 7mo ago

   Thanks, captured here: https://github.com/osendowment/endowment.dev/issues/34#issue...
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   by whit537 7mo ago

   Germany is making it work† but seems quite far off to say the least in the US. "Voluntary tax" like this is provocative in its own right, will be interesting to see what gets unlocked more broadly if this succeeds. † https:/
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    > I've been a part of the HN community longer than Dang, got me beat, too. :) gg
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Here are a couple salient portions of our IRS application to put your mind at ease. :^) > In limited circumstances, the Foundation may make grants to organizations that are not described in IRC Section 501(c)(3), or to individual OSS dev
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Our bylaws are pretty standard: https://endowment.dev/docs/bylaws/ What part of them is "undemocratic" in your view?
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Noted in the abstract, thanks. Concrete examples more useful ofc.
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    > "pay operating costs" is one place non-profits often find fraud. If you find it here please let us know.
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Thanks, Alex. Ticketed here: https://github.com/osendowment/foundation/issues/26 Will take some time ofc but good to plant the seed now. :)
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Let's back up: The way an endowment works is that donors donate money, which goes into a more-or-less permanent investment fund. The interest from the investment fund is then used to a) fund mission-aligned programs (in our case, OSS),
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    I love this. Reminds me of MacArthur Foundation's genius grants as well. Linux Foundation has fellows, but it's a small % of budget.
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Thanks, noted at https://github.com/osendowment/endowment.dev/issues/34#issue...
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Former VC!? KV ... you gonna take that lying down? :P > There are many existing projects like this Also please link, we're not aware of any other endowments exclusively focused on Open Source.
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    The details of how we're thinking about this are in: https://github.com/osendowment/model Happy to have you join us there to iterate on the model. We do prioritize input from paid-up members ofc. ;^)
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    > flooded with requests to give money to vibe-coded crap And our plan is to willy-nilly give money to everyone who asks for it with no oversight or attention to other factors or human involvement. Game over. You win.
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    I'll put a plug for the Open Source Pledge here: https://opensourcepledge.com/members/ The companies listed there have all paid at least $2000/eng on staff/year to OSS maintainers. Real accountability. E
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Thanks for the idea, tabbott. Made a ticket to track: https://github.com/osendowment/foundation/issues/24
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    We discussed this prior to launch, and obviously decided to launch as you see it. :) Our reasoning was that a) standardizing on GitHub URLs makes it easier to do automated analysis as part of the funding model, and b) any project important
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Glad we found some common ground together. ;^)
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Kinda up to you. Recruit your friends to join if you want a say. :^) > Individuals contributing at least $1,000/year to the endowment fund qualify as OSE Members. Members advise the OSE board on strategic matters, such as the grant-
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Agreed. Tailwind shows that a class of business models that were traditionally used to subsidize Open Source are vulnerable now that AI intermediates between downstream and upstream devs. It was always a tenuous funding arrangement, though,
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    by whit537 7mo ago

    Open Collective (OC) is great! It's primarily a payments platform. Open Source Collective (OSC, which is related to OC in convoluted ways I don't fully understand) is a fiscal sponsor of OSS projects, and is also great. :^) Open S
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    Fueling Open Source with Vibes and Money(openpath.quest)

    6 points by whit537 7mo ago|0 comments
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    OpenClaw overtakes Linux in GitHub popularity contest(star-history.com)

    2 points by whit537 7mo ago|1 comments