Linux Foundation Launches New Tools Supporting The Open Source Community (sdtimes.com) 26
"The Linux Foundation is launching a new platform designed to sustain open-source communities," reports SD Times:
CommunityBridge was announced at this week's Open Source Leadership Summit. The Linux Foundation plans to launch a number of tools to the open-source community throughout the next two years.
The platform is currently being released with Community Bridge Funding to help developers raise and spend funding; CommunityBridge Security for potential vulnerabilities and fixes; and CommunityBridge People for networking and making connections with mentors and mentees.
"In making the announcement, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, said on stage at the conference that the Linux Foundation would match funding for any organization that donated funds to CommunityBridge projects," reports FierceTelecom.
"Following up on those announcements, Microsoft-owned GitHub said it would donate $100,000 to CommunityBridge and invited maintainers of CommunityBridge projects to take part in GitHub's maintainer program."
The platform is currently being released with Community Bridge Funding to help developers raise and spend funding; CommunityBridge Security for potential vulnerabilities and fixes; and CommunityBridge People for networking and making connections with mentors and mentees.
"In making the announcement, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, said on stage at the conference that the Linux Foundation would match funding for any organization that donated funds to CommunityBridge projects," reports FierceTelecom.
"Following up on those announcements, Microsoft-owned GitHub said it would donate $100,000 to CommunityBridge and invited maintainers of CommunityBridge projects to take part in GitHub's maintainer program."
probably better than 2017 (Score:2)
Re: probably better than 2017 (Score:1)
1971 will be the year of the Linux desktop!
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There is no information in TFA. It is all happymarketingspeak:
“CommunityBridge is the platform to solve critical challenges and fuel open source innovation and sustainability by empowering people — all in one place.”
Yeahhh.. That'd be great.
Heavy on buzzwords, short on information (Score:2)
What will these tools actually do, and how will they be better than just using some website?
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This is a good representation https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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Think of the harm as an opportunity cost. Linux and OSS could be vastly more successful than they have EVER been.
In CSB terms (per my longer comment), I think it would be better if the corporate sponsors were just matching the charity shares donated by other users (AKA the donors who are not concerned (AKA obsessed) with profits and non-charity share prices).
Well, at least they understand the money problem? (Score:2)
What will these tools actually do, and how will they be better than just using some website?
On the one hand, I think the story shows that they (the Linux Foundation (which surprises me by continuing to exist (and to claim relevance))) sort of understand the problem, but on the other hand, it sounds like they still see it from the developers' perspective rather than holistically.
The fundamental problem is that time is valuable for EVERYONE. Yes, that includes the time of the developers, too, but not just them.
I think it is easier to respond in the form of a proposed solution approach that considers
Just the topic of my yesterday's video (Score:2)
Doomed social networks (Score:2)
They'll have to rename it (Score:1)
I tried searching on "CommunityBridge", and hit "Community Bridge", a company.
SFC's blog post is more informative than TFA (Score:2)
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/mar/13/lf-community-bridge/ [sfconservancy.org] is more understandable than the article we're pointed to in this /. story. This blog post also makes a number of interesting counterpoints worth considering.