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diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html index 7fc2f25..5ebc066 100644 --- a/_layouts/page.html +++ b/_layouts/page.html @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ layout: base A few interesting projects: </p> <div class="post-stub"> + <a href="https://sr.ht">sr.ht</a>, + an open-source, hosted software development forge + </div> + <div class="post-stub"> <a href="https://github.com/SirCmpwn/Sway">Sway</a>, an i3-compatible tiling Wayland compositor </div> diff --git a/_posts/2019-01-15-Im-doing-FOSS-full-time.md b/_posts/2019-01-15-Im-doing-FOSS-full-time.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7b9554 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2019-01-15-Im-doing-FOSS-full-time.md @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: I'm going to work full-time on free software +--- + +Sorry for posting two articles so close to each other - but this is important! +As I'm certain many of you know, I maintain a large collection of free software +projects, including [sway][sway], [wlroots][wlroots], [sr.ht][srht], +[scdoc][scdoc], [aerc][aerc], and [many][srht-profile], [many][github-profile] +more. I contribute to more still, working on projects like [Alpine +Linux][alpine], [mrsh][mrsh], [musl libc][musl], and anything else I can. Until +now, I've been working on these in my spare time, but just under a year ago I +wrote "[The path to sustainably working on FOSS full-time][old-post]" laying out +my future plans. Today I'm proud to tell you that, thanks to everyone's +support, I'll be working on free software full-time starting in February. + +[sway]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway +[wlroots]: https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots +[srht]: https://sr.ht +[scdoc]: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc +[aerc]: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2 +[srht-profile]: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn +[github-profile]: https://github.com/ddevault +[alpine]: https://alpinelinux.org +[mrsh]: https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/mrsh +[musl]: https://musl-libc.org +[old-post]: https://drewdevault.com/2018/02/24/The-road-to-sustainable-FOSS.html + +I'm so excited! I owe many people a great deal of thanks. To everyone who has +donated to my fosspay, Patreon, and LiberaPay accounts: thank you. To all of the +sr.ht users who chose to pay for their account despite it being an alpha: thank +you. I also owe a thanks to all of the amazing contributors who give their spare +time towards making the projects I maintain even better, without whom my +software wouldn't be anywhere near as useful to anyone. + +I don't want to make grandiose promises right away, but I'm confident that +increasing my commitment to open source to this degree is going to have a major +impact on my projects. For now, my primary focus is sr.ht: its paid users make +up the majority of the funding. Relatedly, I plan to invest more time in Alpine +Linux on RISC-V and making RISC-V builds available to the sr.ht community. Sway +and wlroots are in good shape as we quickly approach sway 1.0, and for this +reason I want to give a higher priority to my smaller, more neglected projects +like aerc for the time being. As I learn more about my bandwidth under these new +conditions, I'll expand my plans accordingly. + +I need to clarify that despite choosing to work full-time on these projects, my +income is going to be negative for a while. I have enough savings and income now +that I feel comfortable making the leap, and I plan on working my ass off before +my runway ends to earn the additional subscriptions to sr.ht and donations to +fosspay et al that will make this decision sustainable in the long term. If that +doesn't happen before I get near the end of my runway, I'll have to start +looking for different work again. I'm depending on your continued support. If +you appreciate my work but haven't yet, please consider [buying a subscription +to sr.ht](https://meta.sr.ht/billing/initial) or [donating to my general +projects fund](/donate). Thank you! + +All said, words cannot describe how excited I am. It's been my dream for years +to work on these projects full-time. Hitting this critical threshold of funding +allows me to tremendously accelerate the progress of these projects. If you were +impressed by what I built in my spare time, just wait until you see what we can +accomplish now! + + + +From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your support! + +P.S: I'll see you at [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2019/)! Ask me for a sticker. |