Project Economics: A case study with Open Web Docs
Session Abstract
Open Web Docs has raised more than $3m from diverse funding sources for open source web platform documentation. Funds support a small global team, contractors and minor expenses. This talk is a case study on the economics of OWD: how we “sell” open documentation (which isn’t on software dependency lists) and diversify fundraising strategies.
Session Description
To our knowledge, we are the largest fund hosted by the Open Collective fiscal host, and the first to offer full time, locally-compliant, waged employment without an open source foundation. While there has been a lot of discussion about OS Funds such as the STF, we think guidance and dialogue for financial management for OSS projects is lacking and would like to spark that discussion by sharing what we’ve learned. We hope this will also be helpful for the OS Funds to consider, given that they will shape the next generation of open source projects.
