Challenges with Corporate Open Source Consumption #2
Description
Describe the real-life Issue
Description
1. What is the Issue:
- Many large corporations utilizing open-source software fail to provide adequate support or give back to the community.
- There's a notable absence of financial or other forms of support from these corporations, leading to imbalance and strain within the open-source ecosystem.
- This lack of support undermines the sustainability and growth of open-source projects, creating challenges for both project maintainers and contributors.
2. Affected Parties:
- This issue affects not only the open-source community but also the corporations leveraging open-source software.
- Project maintainers face difficulties in sustaining their projects without sufficient support, while contributors may feel discouraged by the imbalance of contribution versus utilization.
3. Repetitive Nature:
- The issue of corporations benefiting from open-source consumption without providing support is a recurring problem.
- It continues to surface as corporations overlook their responsibility to contribute back to the projects they rely on, perpetuating a cycle of imbalance and dependency.
4. Impact:
- The lack of corporate support inhibits innovation and collaboration within the open-source community.
- It creates strains on project maintainers who struggle to sustain their projects without adequate resources.
- Additionally, it hampers the diversity of contributions and fosters an environment of dependency rather than collaboration.
5. What Counts as Contribution:
- Giving financial support through donations and sponsorship to open-source projects.
- Allowing and encouraging employees to dedicate a minimum of 10% of their working time to contribute to open-source projects.
- Collaborating with open-source projects on shared goals and initiatives to drive innovation and advancement.
and more
Who has faced this issue?
Group of people
I have read the CONTRIBUTING.md file
- Yes
- No