Making dollars and sense of free software funding's future
Presented by:
Wm Salt Hale
/?/ Kilted Globetrotter,
Free/Libre/Open Advocate,
and Lifelong Hacker /?/
William Salt Hale is a Seattle local who has been involved with the Free Software movement since 1996. Currently, he volunteers as Impresario of SeaGL and Community Director of Snowdrift.coop. Open to opportunities, Salt has just begun a sabbatical after five years of graduate studies at the University of Washington where he focused on the intersection between communication, computer science, and law. Salt tries to be very approachable and will always be found wearing a kilt.
Sustainably funding public goods is hard, just ask your local government. We know free software benefits everyone, whether or not users contributed to its development. How then can we reach the world of everyone working on software they love, while making a livable wage? Let's discuss the current funding platforms, where they work, where they don't, and what does free software really need for a sustainable and successful future?
Disclaimer: I am with the team building Snowdrift.coop While we believe that we're addressing some of these questions, we a) aren't there yet, and b) know that there are plenty of unaddressed areas on the way to a free software utopia. This will not just be a pitch for our platform, promise!
- Date:
- 2022 April 23 - 13:30
- Duration:
- 45 min
- Room:
- Community
- Conference:
- LinuxFest Northwest 22
- Language:
- Track:
- Community
- Difficulty:
- 100-level
- Designing Security That Empowers Users
- Start Time:
- 2022 April 23 13:30
- Room:
- Privacy/Security
- Making dollars and sense of free software funding's future
- Start Time:
- 2022 April 23 13:30
- Room:
- Community