• Albertson: OSL's path to sustainability

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Sat May 10 06:40:07 2025

    Lance Albertson writes that the
    Oregon State University Open Source Lab has been funded for the next
    year, following his announcement in April
    that the future of OSL was in jeopardy. OSL is now focusing on
    becoming self-sustainable long term.

    The recent support was amazing for our immediate team needs. But
    for the OSL to thrive long-term, we need a sustainable financial
    foundation. This is crucial, as the university expects units like ours
    to become self-sufficient beyond this current year.

    So, our big focus this next year is locking in ongoing support -
    think annualized pledges, different kinds of regular income, and other recurring help. This is vital, especially with potential new data
    center costs and hardware needs. Getting this right means we can stop
    worrying about short-term funding and plan for the future: investing
    in our tech and people, growing our awesome student programs, and
    serving the FOSS community. We're looking for partners, big and small,
    who get why foundational open source infrastructure matters and want
    to help us build this sustainable future together.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1020668/
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