Pledge Press
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to get maintainers paid
Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access
The Register
25 Mar 2026Market-Oriented Funding Structures for the Open Source Software Ecosystem
National Test Institute for Cybersecurity
12 Mar 2026Is Open Source in Trouble?
The New Stack
09 Feb 2026Free as in Burned Out: Who Really Pays for Open Source?
Marga Manterola at FOSDEM 2026
01 Feb 2026A strong tailwind for open source funding?
Forkable
09 Jan 2026Maintainer burnout a ‘structural problem’
Forkable
28 Nov 2025This Thanksgiving, top your turkey with Cranberry sOSS to fund open source
The Register
24 Nov 2025Deploy Your Thanksgiving Dinner with Cranberry sOSS
It's FOSS
21 Nov 2025Solving maintainer burnout with… Cranberry sOSS?
Forkable
21 Nov 2025Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away
It's FOSS
19 Nov 2025Open-source developer burnout fuels supply chain risks
Developer Tech
19 Nov 2025Alt Ctrl Org Draws 200+ for Open Discussion on WordPress, Free Software, and Governance
The Repository
11 Jun 2025How the World Is Celebrating Open Source Maintainer Month
The New Stack
25 May 2025Funding in Open Source: A Conversation with Chad Whitacre
DEV Community
13 May 2025Maintainer Month 2025: Open Source Pledge in Times Square
GitHub
01 May 2025Investing in Open Source: The Open Source Pledge and Why it Matters
InfoQ
07 Mar 2025Open source trends for 2025 and beyond
InfoWorld
13 Jan 2025Ep. #3, The Open Source Pledge with Chad Whitacre of Sentry
Open Source Ready
21 Nov 2024Open-Source Software Is in Crisis; Here are three ways to help it flourish into the future
IEEE Spectrum
13 Nov 2024Open source projects draw equity-free funding from corporates, startups, and even VCs
TechCrunch
10 Nov 2024ANTHOLOGY — Packages, pledges & protocols
Changelog
6 Nov 2024San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source
msn
25 Oct 2024San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source
The Register
25 Oct 2024Wild billboards around the Bay call attention to tech companies free-loading off open source projects
Gazetteer SF
24 Oct 2024It's time to fix open source
Theo - t3․gg
14 Oct 2024How do we fund open source?
InfoWorld
14 Oct 2024How open-source software devs got corporations to pledge $1.3M for their tools
Technical.ly
8 Oct 2024Open Source Pledge aims to fund software maintainers
Developer Tech
8 Oct 2024The Open Source Pledge
Changelog News
16 Sep 2024