Robert Lippert schreibt in »Viele Open-Source-Maintainer schmeißen hin – steigender Druck auf Projekte« für heise.del Und so ziehen es auch 38 Prozent der Befragten in Erwägung, ihr Engagement aufzugeben. 22 Prozent hätten diese Überlegung bereits in die Tat umgesetzt, so die Umfrage.
Matthew Hodgson schreibt in »Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service.« für matrix.org This funding should NOT be tied to specific feature development, but simply funding the core maintenance of the infrastructure - paying for the maintainers (and/or letting them or their umbrella org hire trusted ones!) to ensure the core project remains healthy and secure. Otherwise, the pressure just rises on the core project to chase feature development at the expense of maintenance (making maintenance harder) - or, worse, to be pushed away from open source into building proprietary solutions or crippling the open source by moving valuable features into side proprietary products. ...