From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60435C433C1 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:04:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F896191D for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:04:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230186AbhCSVDm (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:03:42 -0400 Received: from injection.crustytoothpaste.net ([192.241.140.119]:44536 "EHLO injection.crustytoothpaste.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229956AbhCSVDW (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:03:22 -0400 Received: from camp.crustytoothpaste.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:b978:101:7d4e:cde:7c41:71c2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by injection.crustytoothpaste.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 90D5560479; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:02:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=crustytoothpaste.net; s=default; t=1616187771; bh=fsGmlCIVI2ypYt6RlNCql2prqGgoRD7ktSN8LO7WTSo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Content-Type: Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:From:Reply-To:Subject:Date:To:CC: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:Content-Disposition; b=IvOZ+ohBB5Bf7sHy7esrvwXGw2rV54A4LNHJXpoJjwGL4ARs5UevYEEG0UdBLq5I/ yLXBP3BnhMMkOGKWIHoK7fIc/Pzra3midIcsgfXtP0X5l+Jmmf9Ne+lNtu7C/LPRoN wtet0rk7Z8Odtxbgi4T23f92PA43pDmpOyCGJLkAykgOw4jbQkE9iHYHNya2HvVIjT kaxjSrAkHFBRR3s0e8gUr1fV7R/q3d9E7JpALFDq5Rbmlg5nV2mLMZf4wM3tVmpj3M KHhHeDDTR2Tw4ZomKiV7Ly9Pkl78UD/Tpjpj/GTLTeHfg5zfckX4WhddzZy4mfq/eS Ko/2BLBSbnXt8TShh+wz8XsO4cjFixXk29oXC0MxViXDqAbcXWOv7HbIh3RZBSw18l OyA2snA640RtzgJDoxuVJ/IIHm6SO8GkwtT5hg2r6H/zcgLc2dZBlwi5P9MOOAuOeT 4hmGiaDpQ2DydvXEnRrPk6/jsIGPFWI6wX4XLhzu8pkmm8rybRE Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:02:46 +0000 From: "brian m. carlson" To: Christian Chavez Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Are there any publicly known funders (companies or otherwise) of git development? Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: "brian m. carlson" , Christian Chavez , git@vger.kernel.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Gd3ZdGApbD/kfq25" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.5 (2021-01-21) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org --Gd3ZdGApbD/kfq25 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2021-03-19 at 19:31:56, Christian Chavez wrote: > Hi! >=20 > Idle curiosity question - stemming from an argument with somewhat > inebriated co-worker(s): > > How is the Git development (being an open-source product) pro bono? Don= e for free? >=20 > Or is there any (publically known - not just an employee "randomly" > being told to upstream a bugfix) funded effort? > Such as with the Linux kernel project - where companies/organizations > put up money for X amount of time/efforts/projects? There are people in the Git development community who usually work on Git most or full time as part of their role. That doesn't mean those patches immediately make it to the list (oftentimes they are tested and deployed internally first), but they do generally work on Git most of the time and their patches do eventually show up on the list. There are also people who work on Git with their employer's 20% time. I believe we have several such contributors here in this case. There are also people like me who usually contribute independently. I have sent patches upstream that directly benefit my employer by fixing a direct need (in some cases written during work hours, in some cases not, depending on my employer at the time), but the vast majority of my work is independent and done on my own time. There are others who just contribute independently altogether because they enjoy it. I would say that of the top 20 contributors historically, I know that 4 fit into the first category, 2 fit into the second category, and 3 more have some other corporate affiliation known to me (but not into what category they fall). There are others who have more recent contributions who are also known to send patches on behalf of their employer. I just don't know about the rest, mostly because it hasn't come up in context and it's never been important to me. There are some employers that are well known to employ people in the first and second categories, as well as some that are known to have staff that send patches on behalf of their employer. Hopefully that answers your question reasonably well, even if it's a little vague because I lack all the details. --=20 brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them) Houston, Texas, US --Gd3ZdGApbD/kfq25 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.2.27 (GNU/Linux) iHUEABYKAB0WIQQILOaKnbxl+4PRw5F8DEliiIeigQUCYFURdgAKCRB8DEliiIei gfWJAQDKcvL2WHMdvv47OWgEf7G2iGcFWw3fmiw50/rYigxxTAEA2IUpCBnuE1NR xwhFaDDR10AUlKZ5OW8WLTl2YaIrWgM= =XKIL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Gd3ZdGApbD/kfq25--