From 0fca2871ab8ac8dcee03621e340890c0d801c482 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Leggetter Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:36:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Clarify open-source contributions means sponsorship Add note about GitHub Sponsors --- contents/handbook/people/benefits.md | 2 +- contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md b/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md index 59b3433f71ac..e9b531a7464d 100644 --- a/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md +++ b/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ For any work-related travel, we use [Project Wren](https://www.wren.co/) for car The PostHog platform wouldn't be possible without open-source software. We are standing on the shoulders of giants. As such, we feel it's important to support the software we benefit from through giving each team member a $100/month budget to provide support to open-source projects. -For more information see [open-source contributions](/handbook/people/spending-money#open-source-contributions). +For more information see [open-source sponsorship](/handbook/people/spending-money#open-source-sponsorship). ### Team socials diff --git a/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md b/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md index 296d75c933e9..d2713e2b3dda 100644 --- a/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md +++ b/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md @@ -133,13 +133,15 @@ Individual software is down to your personal preference, and we encourage you to * IDEs range widely in cost. Best in class IDE suites can cost up to $700, which is a bad value proposition for most engineers. However, we are happy to revisit this policy if you have very specific needs. * Before then, if you wish to spend up to $200 on an IDE, that is fine. Visual Studio, VIM and PyCharm are the most popular within our team. -### Open-source contributions +### Open-source sponsorship -The PostHog platform wouldn't be possible without open-source software. We are standing on the shoulders of giants. As such, we feel it's important to support the software we benefit from through monetary contributions. +The PostHog platform wouldn't be possible without open-source software. We are standing on the shoulders of giants. As such, we feel it's important to support the software we benefit from through open-source sponsorship. To enable our team to do this we use [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/) and have a budget of $100/month that can be contributed per team member. -To get setup with Open Collective get in touch with [Phil](phil-leggetter-developer-relations) who will add you to the [PostHog Open Collective team](https://opencollective.com/posthog). From there, you'll be able to make contributions as the PostHog organization via Open Collective. For more information see the [Open Collective payments documentation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/payments). +To get setup with Open Collective get in touch with [Phil](/handbook/company/team#phil-leggetter-developer-relations) who will add you to the [PostHog Open Collective team](https://opencollective.com/posthog). From there, you'll be able to make "contributions" (sponsor a project) as the PostHog organization via Open Collective. For more information see the [Open Collective payments documentation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/payments). + +_If you find a project that only supports [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors), please ask [Phil](/handbook/company/team#phil-leggetter-developer-relations) to setup the sponsorship._ ## Work space From f0cd31b8ddcee5818f1bce6c71ee091dab208cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Leggetter Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:24:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add marketing open-source sponsorship page Clarify differences with individual project sponsorship. --- .../marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx | 31 +++++++++++++++++++ contents/handbook/people/benefits.md | 2 +- contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md | 8 +++-- src/sidebars/sidebars.json | 4 +++ 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx diff --git a/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx b/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e7070294c645 --- /dev/null +++ b/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Open-source sponsorship +sidebar: Handbook +showTitle: true +--- + +PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform built on top of many other amazing open-source projects. We believe in open-source and the [open-core model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-core_model). However, many open-source projects go underfunded. + +We are investing in open-source, not just as a business, but directly via sponsorship in key projects we benefit from every day. We're doing this for three reasons: + +1. We want valuable open-source projects to continue to be maintained and enhanced +2. We fundamentally rely on some open-source projects, and it's essential they continue to be maintained and enhanced +3. We believe the PostHog brand will benefit from the sponsorship + +In addition to sponsoring key projects, we also provide a $100/month budget for [every team member to sponsor projects](/handbook/people/spending-money#open-source-sponsorship-for-individuals) that have helped them. + +## Projects we sponsor + +> This initiative began in September 2021, so it is still in its infancy. + +| Project | Why does PostHog sponsor | Sponsored via | Amount/month | +| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | +| [rrweb] | rrweb powers our session recording functionality | [GitHub Sponsors][github-sponsors] | $100 | + +[rrweb]: https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb + +[github-sponsors]: https://github.com/orgs/PostHog/sponsoring + +## Request sponsorship + +If you know of a project that is fundamentally important to PostHog, add the project to this page via an edit page suggestion/pull request. We'll then assess the proposal. If we decide to sponsor, we'll set up the sponsorship via either Open Collective or GitHub. Finally, we'll merge the pull request. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md b/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md index e9b531a7464d..0784d673070a 100644 --- a/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md +++ b/contents/handbook/people/benefits.md @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ For any work-related travel, we use [Project Wren](https://www.wren.co/) for car The PostHog platform wouldn't be possible without open-source software. We are standing on the shoulders of giants. As such, we feel it's important to support the software we benefit from through giving each team member a $100/month budget to provide support to open-source projects. -For more information see [open-source sponsorship](/handbook/people/spending-money#open-source-sponsorship). +For more information see [open-source sponsorship for individuals](/handbook/people/spending-money#open-source-sponsorship-for-individuals). ### Team socials diff --git a/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md b/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md index d2713e2b3dda..2f0bfe872361 100644 --- a/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md +++ b/contents/handbook/people/spending-money.md @@ -133,15 +133,17 @@ Individual software is down to your personal preference, and we encourage you to * IDEs range widely in cost. Best in class IDE suites can cost up to $700, which is a bad value proposition for most engineers. However, we are happy to revisit this policy if you have very specific needs. * Before then, if you wish to spend up to $200 on an IDE, that is fine. Visual Studio, VIM and PyCharm are the most popular within our team. -### Open-source sponsorship +### Open-source sponsorship for individuals The PostHog platform wouldn't be possible without open-source software. We are standing on the shoulders of giants. As such, we feel it's important to support the software we benefit from through open-source sponsorship. -To enable our team to do this we use [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/) and have a budget of $100/month that can be contributed per team member. +If you believe an open-source project is fundamentally important to the success of PostHog then we should set up a recurring sponsorship. In this case, see the [open-source sponsorship Marketing initiative](/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship). + +To enable individuals to support projects on an ad-hoc basis, we use [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/) and have a $100/month budget per team member. To get setup with Open Collective get in touch with [Phil](/handbook/company/team#phil-leggetter-developer-relations) who will add you to the [PostHog Open Collective team](https://opencollective.com/posthog). From there, you'll be able to make "contributions" (sponsor a project) as the PostHog organization via Open Collective. For more information see the [Open Collective payments documentation](https://docs.opencollective.com/help/financial-contributors/payments). -_If you find a project that only supports [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors), please ask [Phil](/handbook/company/team#phil-leggetter-developer-relations) to setup the sponsorship._ +_If you find a project that only supports [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors), please ask [Phil](/handbook/company/team#phil-leggetter-developer-relations) to set up the sponsorship._ ## Work space diff --git a/src/sidebars/sidebars.json b/src/sidebars/sidebars.json index 5659385362b9..38decf10f2c4 100644 --- a/src/sidebars/sidebars.json +++ b/src/sidebars/sidebars.json @@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ { "name": "Press", "url": "/handbook/growth/marketing/press" + }, + { + "name": "Open-source sponsorship", + "url": "/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship" } ] }, From bfccfb9d167f4eb72ff2293f63f5bff83d5733bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Leggetter Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:33:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Adding second sponsorship + author link --- .../growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx b/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx index e7070294c645..7470bf10acde 100644 --- a/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx +++ b/contents/handbook/growth/marketing/open-source-sponsorship.mdx @@ -18,13 +18,22 @@ In addition to sponsoring key projects, we also provide a $100/month budget for > This initiative began in September 2021, so it is still in its infancy. -| Project | Why does PostHog sponsor | Sponsored via | Amount/month | -| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | -| [rrweb] | rrweb powers our session recording functionality | [GitHub Sponsors][github-sponsors] | $100 | +| Project we use | Author | Why does PostHog sponsor | Sponsored via | Amount/month | +| ----------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | +| [rrweb] | [yz-yu] | Powers our session recording functionality | [GitHub Sponsors][github-sponsors] | $100 | +| [graphile/worker] | [benjie] | Powering scheduled jobs, retries and other logic for the [plugin-server] | [GitHub Sponsors][github-sponsors] | $100 | + [rrweb]: https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb +[graphile/worker]: https://github.com/graphile/worker + +[yz-yu]: https://github.com/yz-yu +[benjie]: https://github.com/benjie + + [github-sponsors]: https://github.com/orgs/PostHog/sponsoring +[plugin-server]: https://github.com/PostHog/plugin-server ## Request sponsorship