Open Source Foundations

[BrittanyIstenes]

Added in blog for why working in foundations is a good thing

[robmoffat]

Hi @BrittanyIstenes,

Added the metadata and merged with the existing article introducing foundations. Added links to all the things you mention.

https://deploy-preview-159--open-source-readiness.netlify.app/docs/bok/Activities/Level-4/Foundations

[robmoffat]

this bit is left over from an earlier draft but I think we should expand on it

[psmulovics]

• foundation have a governance structure - would that fit your needs
• CSL - governance charter (should we mention it here?), @Julia-Ritter could provide some links
• marketing questions - if you own a logo, a name, how can that be transferred

[psmulovics]

• The current document mostly answering the How and less on the Why; there should be a section on Why: wider community, more stewards, etc., but you give up some level of autonomy

[pholleran]

One of the things I feel is missing from this doc is an explanation as to why a firm may seek to propose a project to a foundation. How might they evaluate the decision?

It comes with some positives and negatives:

Positives:

• Potentially wider adoption and participation
• Shared administrative load (maintainership)

"Negatives":

• Firm gives up "singular" control
  • Though, is this really a negative as it may give others pause before participating

[BrittanyIstenes]

We need further discussion for the deeper dives from Peter, Phil and Thomas so that I can interpret more directly the needs and the why. It is challenging to go through and edit the document directly without more discussion.

I have gone through and made the updates for the additional foundations to be added as well as the addition of the governance for the benefits from Thomas Coopers recommendations

[robmoffat]

@psmulovics @tsteenbe @pholleran thanks for all your comments. @BrittanyIstenes and I are just reviewing them but it would be really useful to have some suggested text from you. e.g. @tsteenbe you talk about the difference between foundations, which is useful, but can you give some text that we can include? Ideally some references too.

ty!

[robmoffat]

Added further reading section

[robmoffat]

please add the bit on sponsorship then let's merge

no response from TS