Category: Open Source Public Fund Experiment

Sponsored by First, the exciting news: we are delighted to share that we have started working with the Open Source Collective and Ecosystems teams on this research, and the Open Source Collective is sponsoring the following updates! Updates Highlights We had the chance to improve the data, processes, and algorithms over the last couple of weeks. Here are some…

One year ago, we started an experiment about funding open source software with the following question: If you had 100 money, how would you distribute it across the entire open source ecosystem? Each month, we select three open source projects from the Open Collective platform, calculate their scores using the Criticality Score tool, and distribute…

Here are some quick stats on the Open Source Public experiment that we started six months ago. We plan to improve the list and the score calculation in every iteration. As usual, please feel free to share your valuable feedback.

Question: You have 100 money. How would you distribute it across the entire open source ecosystem? Intro Open source software has well-known economic, technical, and social benefits, including increased innovation and collaboration, reduced vendor lock-in, and lower barriers to entry for startups. Furthermore, reliance on open source solutions is increasingly widespread, and these solutions have become…