diff --git a/content/technical/2018/01/software-contributions-2017.md b/content/technical/2018/01/software-contributions-2017.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9489aaf --- /dev/null +++ b/content/technical/2018/01/software-contributions-2017.md @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ +With [my move away from macOS][mac-alternative] in 2017 to open source +operating systems I was aware that my software spending would reduce as most +software I use these days is provided without financial cost. I decided early +in the year to try to make a point to redirect these savings towards some of +the projects I was now benefiting from as well as to some people that were +doing interesting work. In addition I wanted to ramp up my own open source +contributions. + +I acknowledge that I'm very lucky to be in the privileged position to have the +means to contribute time and money to these projects and I'm by no means +suggesting everyone must do the same. I am still far away from contributing to +all the projects I benefit from but am thankful for all the time and effort +that goes into each and every one. + +## elementary OS + +I started the year running [elementary] as my macOS replacement and was +strongly incentivised to see it succeed. I contributed through [bug +bounties][bounties], recurring payments on [Patreon][donate-elementary], +[merchandise][merch-elementary] and an [Indiegogo campaign][indie-elementary]. + +**Contribution:** $281.48 + +## Arch Linux + +As my primary OS at work and on my laptop [Arch] was also high on my list of +projects to support. I contribute through [recurring donation][donate-arch]. + +**Contribution:** $120 + +## FreeBSD + +I run [FreeBSD] on my two Digital Ocean servers, as well as on my NAS and as of +the latter part of 2017, the primary OS on my home desktop computer. I +contribute through [recurring donation][donate-freebsd]. + +**Contribution:** $120 + +## NetBSD + +I run [NetBSD] on a little $15 a year server but also have a soft spot for it +as it was the first UNIX like OS I installed many year ago. NetBSD doesn't get +all that much attention these days but they have some interesting projects like +[pkgsrc], [Rump kernel][Rump], and [anita], so it was important to me to send +some dollars their way. NetBSD don't have a recurring donation mechanism so I +made a [one off donation][donate-netbsd] at the end of the year. + +**Contribution:** $60 + +## OpenBSD + +I don't run [OpenBSD] directly, aside from an install on my laptop to check in +with its progress now and then. However, the project has had a huge impact on +the software world and in my opinion doesn't get enough credit (or funds) for +this. Some of their projects of note are: + +* [OpenSSH] (including `ssh`, `scp`, `sftp`, `ssh-agent`) +* [LibreSSL] +* [tmux] +* [pf firewall][pf] +* [OpenSMTPD] + +Even if you don't use OpenBSD directly it's likely you're benefiting from one +of their projects. I contributed through [recurring donation][donate-openbsd] +and [merchandise][merch-openbsd]. + +**Contribution:** $150 + +## Solus OS + +Early in the year I was using the [Budgie desktop][solus] on Arch as my desktop +environment. Eventually I switched to GNOME but sent them funds for a while. I +contributed to [Solus on Patreon][donate-solus]. + +**Contribution:** $50 + + +## GNOME + +[GNOME] is the desktop environment I use on all my systems now. I like the +integration of all the components and the relatively uncluttered UI. The +project is huge, spanning low level libraries, the GTK toolkit, applications +built with these libraries, and the desktop environment itself. + +When you, "[Become a Friend of GNOME][donate-gnome]", you get to adopt a +hacker and receive a post card from a GNOME developer. I chose [Christian +Hergert], for all the excellent work he's doing on [GNOME Builder]. + +**Contribution:** $45 + +## Mozilla + +[Mozilla] make my browser of choice, [Firefox], but also favourite programming +language, [Rust]. They're also strong proponents for the open web and pushing +new technologies like web assembly forward. I contribute through [recurring +donation][donate-mozilla]. + +**Contribution:** $35 + +## Neovim + +I use [Neovim] pretty much every day and it is one of the primary tools I use +in my day job. This very post was written in it. Supporting its continued +development is definitely in my interest. I contribute through [recurring +donation][donate-neovim]. + +**Contribution:** $60 + +## Individual Creators + +These are people doing interesting work or are responsible for things I benefit +from. + +* [Jeremy Soller] is creating [Redox OS], an MIT licensed OS written in Rust. + $60 +* [Gargron] is creating the [Mastodon] federated social network. You can find + me at . $40 +* [Jorge Aparicio] is doing fantastic work building Rust tooling and pushing + the state of the art of [Rust on microcontrollers][embedded-rust]. $35 +* [Steve Wills] does a stack of work on [FreeBSD ports/packages][swills-ports]. + $10 +* [Drew DeVault] (sircmpwn) is building a bunch of interesting open source + tools, including the [sway] tiling Wayland compositor for Linux and FreeBSD. + $15 + +**Contribution:** $160 + +## Bug Bounties + +Bug bounties seem like a nice way to make bug fixes more appealing, reward +folks that fix bugs you've encountered or to make a feature request a little +more rewarding for a developer. Excluding the bounties that resulted from my +elementary use detailed above I also posted these bounties: + +| Project | Amount | +| -------------- | -------- | +| [dopen] | $20 | +| [neovim-gtk] | $40 | +| [GNOME - vte] | $100 | +| [Plack] | $15 | +| [Maya] | $10 | +| [Geary] | $50 | +| **TOTAL** | $235 | + +## Other One Off Contributions + +* [rEFInd boot manager][refind] $10 +* [Pass for iOS][pass-ios] $15 +* [archive.org] $10 + +**Contribution:** $35 + +## Open Source Contributions + +In addition to financial contributions, in 2017 I also tried to make more open +source contributions, both to projects and by releasing my own work. Some of +these were just small README improvements, others were new features or +operating system support. Some of the highlights are: + +* Add, fix, or improve FreeBSD and OpenBSD support in the [nix], [libc], + [rust-users] crates. +* Various [small fixes][pr-dot] to the [dot], dotfiles manager. +* Replace the deprecated use of `rustc_serialize` with `serde` in the + [maxminddb crate][maxminddb]. +* Convert the [Scala STM] documentation from Textile to Markdown so that their + website could be brought back online. +* Create and maintain some [AUR packages]. +* Build and publish [titlecase] tool and crate. + +## Conclusion + +So all up I donated $1,351.48. That's likely more than I would have +spent on commercial software in the year but still not a huge amount in the +grand scheme of things. I hope it helps all these great projects. + +In the past year I am happy with the code and documentation contributions +I made. In the future I'd like to be releasing or contributing more sizable +chunks of code... We'll see how that goes in 2018. + +[anita]: https://github.com/gson1703/anita +[Arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/ +[archive.org]: https://archive.org/ +[AUR packages]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=wezm&SeB=m +[bounties]: https://www.bountysource.com/people/24354-wezm +[Christian Hergert]: https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/ +[donate-arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/donate/ +[donate-elementary]: https://www.patreon.com/elementary +[donate-freebsd]: https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ +[donate-gnome]: https://www.gnome.org/friends/ +[donate-mozilla]: https://donate.mozilla.org/ +[donate-neovim]: https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/neovim +[donate-netbsd]: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate +[donate-openbsd]: http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html +[donate-solus]: https://www.patreon.com/solus +[dopen]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/59191989-tmccombs-dopen +[dot]: https://github.com/ubnt-intrepid/dot +[Drew DeVault]: https://www.patreon.com/sircmpwn +[elementary]: https://elementary.io/ +[embedded-rust]: http://blog.japaric.io/ +[Firefox]: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/ +[FreeBSD]: https://www.freebsd.org/ +[Gargron]: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon +[Geary]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/403531-geary +[GNOME - vte]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/11153430-gnome-vte +[GNOME Builder]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder +[GNOME]: https://www.gnome.org/ +[indie-elementary]: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-the-pay-what-you-want-app-store#/ +[Jeremy Soller]: https://www.patreon.com/redox_os +[Jorge Aparicio]: https://www.patreon.com/japaric +[libc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31 +[LibreSSL]: https://www.libressl.org/ +[mac-alternative]: http://bitcannon.net/post/finding-an-alternative-to-mac-os-x/ +[Mastodon]: https://joinmastodon.org/ +[maxminddb]: https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-rust +[Maya]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/52097-maya +[merch-elementary]: https://elementary.io/store/ +[merch-openbsd]: https://openbsdstore.com/ +[Mozilla]: https://www.mozilla.org/ +[neovim-gtk]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/40104917-daa84-neovim-gtk +[Neovim]: https://neovim.io/ +[NetBSD]: https://www.netbsd.org/ +[nix]: https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31 +[OpenBSD]: http://www.openbsd.org/ +[OpenSMTPD]: https://www.opensmtpd.org/ +[OpenSSH]: https://www.openssh.com/ +[pass-ios]: https://github.com/mssun/passforios +[pf]: https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4 +[pkgsrc]: http://www.pkgsrc.org/ +[Plack]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/262089-plank +[pr-dot]: https://github.com/ubnt-intrepid/dot/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31 +[Redox OS]: https://www.redox-os.org/ +[refind]: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ +[Rump]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel +[rust-users]: https://github.com/ogham/rust-users/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31 +[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/ +[Scala STM]: https://nbronson.github.io/scala-stm/ +[solus]: https://solus-project.com/ +[Steve Wills]: https://www.patreon.com/swills +[sway]: http://swaywm.org/ +[swills-ports]: http://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=committer&method=match&query=swills&num=10&orderby=category&orderbyupdown=asc&search=Search +[titlecase]: https://github.com/wezm/titlecase +[tmux]: http://tmux.github.io/ diff --git a/content/technical/2018/01/software-contributions-2017.yaml b/content/technical/2018/01/software-contributions-2017.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5687c5b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/technical/2018/01/software-contributions-2017.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +title: Software Contributions 2017 +extra: In 2017 I tried to support more of the projects and developers I use. This is a summary of the year. +kind: article +section: technical +created_at: 2018-01-01 10:14:00.000000000 +11:00 +keywords: +- donation +- open +- source +short_url: