Open Source Pledge

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Our Members have paid maintainers

$3,719,413

over the last year, and $7,014,545 since launch.

The Open Source Initiative supports the Open Source Pledge. By taking the Pledge, companies have one more instrument to commit to supporting an ecosystem of maintainers and organizations, ensuring the long-term health of the Open Source projects they rely on.

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TL;DR

1

Pay Open Source maintainers

The minimum to participate is $2,000 per year per developer at your company.

2

Self-report annually

Each year, publish a blog post outlining your payments to maintainers.

The big Nasdaq screen in Times Square bearing a message saying “Nasdaq celebrates one year of the Open Source Pledge and the companies who pay maintainers”, and many company logos underneath The big Nasdaq screen in Times Square bearing a message saying “Nasdaq celebrates one year of the Open Source Pledge and the companies who pay maintainers”, and many company logos underneath The big Nasdaq screen in Times Square bearing a message saying “Nasdaq celebrates one year of the Open Source Pledge and the companies who pay maintainers”, and many company logos underneath

Read our one year anniversary post

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