Maintaining the Maintainers - Attribution as an Economic Model for Open Source

Explore the Q&A session from EmacsConf 2022 featuring Sid Kasivajhula's discussion on "Maintaining the Maintainers: Attribution as an Economic Model for Open Source." Delve into topics such as incentives for payment in open source, comparisons with projects like OpenQ and SourceCred, and the implementation of Attribution-Based Economics (ABE). Learn about approaches to experimenting with ABE, methods for calculating attribution amounts, and insights into human nature assumptions underlying this model. Discover the project's URL and prototype, "Old Abe," while gaining valuable perspectives on open source sustainability and the power of curiosity in driving innovation.

.720 Short recap of what the talk was about?
.280 What's the incentive to pay?
.014 What do you think of projects like OpenQ?
.305 Are you aware of SourceCred?
.889 How is this different from money?
.080 How would you approach a viable experiment for ABE?
.999 How do you constrain the cognitive and time burdens of deciding the values of attributed contributions?
.360 How are the attribution amounts calculated?
.820 Synchronicity with Bastien's talk last year
.960 What are your assumptions about human nature?
.680 What is the URL of the project?
.002 Check out the prototype, "Old Abe"
.520 Closing Remarks
.320 A flicker of light and following your curiosity