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A lot of this article overlaps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-source_software and should probably be removed.
 
 
 
Seeking large and long term funding sources will be something OSArch will look into as the organization grows. This page is to grow a list of potential places to seek funding.
 
Seeking large and long term funding sources will be something OSArch will look into as the organization grows. This page is to grow a list of potential places to seek funding.
  
=Revenue models=
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=Business models=
 
One source of funding is find ways to commercialize individual products or bundles of products.
 
One source of funding is find ways to commercialize individual products or bundles of products.
  
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* Speckle creators have been hired by ARUP.
 
* Speckle creators have been hired by ARUP.
* KiCAD is partly sponsored by KiCAD Corporation http://kicad.org/
 
* WINE is partly supported by Codeweaver who sell support and commercial products built on wine, like crossover.
 
 
'''Potential sponsors for OSArch'''
 
* Arup
 
* HOK
 
* Henning Larsen
 
* Epic ( [http://LinkedIn%20posthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/kenneth-pimentel-45b12b_connect-2021-explore-immersive-real-time-activity-6888851928609120256-s_ha LinkedIn post] )
 
 
==Charity or Foundation==
 
For OSArch itself to accept funds it would need to have some kind of legal organization.
 
 
As long as OSArch simply encourages projects we support, we can direct fund to them. But a lot of projects have no way to accept funds. Important considerations include the legal and tax status of any charity we set up. For example not long time ago many Iranians FOSS friend got kicked from Github because of US embargo (github is owned by US firm Microsoft). Similar for patent trolls does having a fiscal host in US imply an exposure to theses parasites?
 
 
'''Examples of revenue generation from charity'''
 
  
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==Charity / Foundation==
 
* VLC which the world wide famous video reader which have his revenue based on donations and services. They have created an organization called videolan
 
* VLC which the world wide famous video reader which have his revenue based on donations and services. They have created an organization called videolan
* Framasoft help peertube to raise money. They did multiple funding campaign based on donation. What is interesting with Framasoft is that it was created by teachers which wanted to promote the use of FOSS. What they showed is that non coders has really important to relief coders from communication and funding campaign.
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* Framasoft help peertube to raise money. They did multiple funding campaign based on donation. What is interesting with Framasoft is that it was created by teachers which wanted to promote the use of FOSS. What they showed is that non coders has really important to relief coders from communication and funding campaign. They are an association which is officially working for public interest. So any donation made to them can have 66% taxes cut which mean that it cost only 33% of what you donate.
  
 
==SAAS==
 
==SAAS==
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'''External resources'''
 
'''External resources'''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcKkiKBKms Doing business with Open Source, Michael Widenius, TEDxVasa] with MySQL founder Monty Widenius
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcKkiKBKms Doing business with Open Source | Michael Widenius | TEDxVasa] with MySQL founder Monty Widenius
 
* [https://vimeo.com/56639635 MySQL and MariaDB story] with MySQL & MariaDB founder Monty Widenius
 
* [https://vimeo.com/56639635 MySQL and MariaDB story] with MySQL & MariaDB founder Monty Widenius
 
* [https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/19/mysql-founder-tries-a-new-software-licensing-model/ MySQL founder tries a new software licensing model]
 
* [https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/19/mysql-founder-tries-a-new-software-licensing-model/ MySQL founder tries a new software licensing model]
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* Redhat Linuz
 
* Redhat Linuz
  
'''External Resources'''
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=Global=
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220803476_The_adoption_of_open_source_software_in_business_models_A_Red_Hat_and_IBM_case_study The adoption of open source software in business models: A Red Hat and IBM case study] "A framework recently developed by some of the authors is used to evaluate and identify the key factors important to the integration of OSS strategies into traditional business models."
 
 
 
==Crowdfunding: Decentralized Funding==
 
Crowdfunding platforms like [https://www.bountysource.com/ Bountrysource], [https://gitcoin.co/ Gitcoin], [https://www.gofundme.com/ Gofundme], or similar, enable raising small amounts of money from a larger group of people, whether they be individuals or corporations. Campaigns can range from more generic (please fund this software) to more specific, (please fund this one specific feature or tool). Funding specific features/tools could help signal where development priorities should be dedicated in the general roadmap of the project.
 
 
 
==Venture capital==
 
Some venture capital firms invest in FOSS projects.
 
* https://www.blossomcap.com/
 
* https://www.indexventures.com/
 
 
 
=Charities and Foundations=
 
 
 
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
"The Blender Foundation (2002) is an independent public benefit organization with the purpose to provide a complete, free and open source 3D creation pipeline, managed by public projects on blender.org.
 
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[https://fund.blender.org The Blender Development Fund] is the Blender Foundation’s main source of donation income. Individual users and corporations can sign up here for a recurring donation – starting at 5 euro per month.
 
 
 
The Development Fund enables developers to work full-time on Blender, to support users and other developers and work on core development.
 
 
 
Corporate members of the Fund can indicate a preference which projects they like to see supported, provided these are generally agreed projects that benefit everyone and that fit in Blender’s mission and road map"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Global==
 
  
 
'''shuttleworthfoundation'''
 
'''shuttleworthfoundation'''
  
 
https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/
 
https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/
* https://nlnet.nl/propose/
 
  
==United Kingdom==
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=United Kingdom=
  
 
'''[https://www.ukri.org/ UK Research and Innovation]'''
 
'''[https://www.ukri.org/ UK Research and Innovation]'''
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* £170m [https://www.ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/clean-growth/transforming-construction-challenge/ Transforming construction challenge] "The transforming construction challenge is an integral part of the Construction Sector Deal, aiming to accelerate the shift in construction towards manufacturing and digital processes and a value outcome approach."
 
* £170m [https://www.ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/clean-growth/transforming-construction-challenge/ Transforming construction challenge] "The transforming construction challenge is an integral part of the Construction Sector Deal, aiming to accelerate the shift in construction towards manufacturing and digital processes and a value outcome approach."
  
==European Union==
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=European Union=
  
 
The EU funds large projects in the construction sector with a special focus on energy use reduction and increased efficiency. Coordination of efforts at energy use reduction in the construction sector are organized by [[https://www.buildup.eu/en/about-portal BUILD UP]] ([https://www.buildup.eu/en/about-portal about])
 
The EU funds large projects in the construction sector with a special focus on energy use reduction and increased efficiency. Coordination of efforts at energy use reduction in the construction sector are organized by [[https://www.buildup.eu/en/about-portal BUILD UP]] ([https://www.buildup.eu/en/about-portal about])
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Examples:
 
Examples:
https://opendreamkit.org/index.html
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"OpenDreamKit – Open Digital Research Environments Toolkit for the Advancement of Mathematics:
 
OpenDreamKit is a 7.6M€ European Research Infrastructure project which ran from 2015 to 2019. Bringing together a diverse team of 50 Open Science enthusiasts across 17 sites all over Europe, including an average of 11 full time Research Software Engineers, it supported the joint ecosystems of software for mathematics and Jupyter, as a toolkit from which to build Virtual Research Environments."
 
 
 
[https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/ec-ospo The European Commission Open Source Programme Office (EC OSPO)] was created in 2020 as the first concrete action of the latest Open Source Software Strategy for 2020-2023. It acts as a facilitator for activities outlined in the strategy and the action plan guided by six principles: think open, transform, share, contribute, secure, stay in control.
 
 
 
=See also=
 
* [[Donations Directory]]
 
* [[OSArch_Supporters]]
 
* [[How_to_contribute_to_OSArch]]
 
 
 
=External Resources=
 
* [https://a16z.com/2019/10/04/commercializing-open-source/ Open Source: From Community to Commercialization], Peter Levine
 
* [https://mariadb.com/bsl-faq-adopting/ Business Source License (BSL)] (not a free license)
 

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