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S1E7.5 – OSSPledge: urging tech to step up

And pay up. But is it necessary?

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Juan Carlos Asensio
Sep 29, 2025
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San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source
OSSPledge’s San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source

What’s cool about OSSPledge?

Here’s a riddle: how do you fund a global “public” good like open source software?

The Open Source Pledge answers this question with a single number: $2,000 per developer, per year.

By introducing $2,000 / dev as an anchor, CFOs and managers …

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