👉 "The core issue is that open source contributors are not paid fairly. 60% of open-source maintainers are unpaid volunteers, and just 13% make a living as professional project maintainers, according to the 2023 State of the Open Source Maintainer Report."

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➡️ https://www.infoworld.com/article/3557846/how-do-we-fund-open-source.html

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How do we fund open source?

Experts with deep experience across open-source software communities share their opinions on how to sustain this critical ecosystem.

^{Bill Doerrfeld (InfoWorld)}

Hummm this is the #geekproblem talking to the #burocracy not actually what's happening. Though the #EU tech #openweb funding is doing some good the majority of this tech funding has been poorer down the drain https://hamishcampbell.com/how-to-work-eu-bureaucracy-in-tech-funding/ any movement to prosecution on any of this?

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