{"thread":{"id":"60265","subject":"Git / Software Freedom Conservancy status report (2023)","startedAt":"2023-09-25T18:37:21Z","lastAt":"2024-01-10T19:43:57Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Taylor Blau"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"482296","messageId":"ZRHTWaPthX/TETJz@nand.local","threadId":"60265","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Git / Software Freedom Conservancy status report (2023)","fromName":"Taylor Blau","fromEmail":"me@ttaylorr.com","sentAt":"2023-09-25T18:37:13Z","receivedAt":"2023-09-25T18:37:21Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"me@ttaylorr.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/301000140?v=4"},"body":"In last year's \"Git / SFC\" status report, I promised that I'd try and\nshare updates more regularly about our project financials, things that\nSFC have shared with us, etc. I'm happy to report that I have kept that\npromise ;-).\n\nThis email will serve as a report on the project's activities at\nConservancy for the year 2023.\n\nThe previous report (from last year, whose format I'll try to stick to\nhere) can be found at:\n\n  https://lore.kernel.org/git/YyELnLai0jXsnt3W@nand.local/\n\n# Background\n\nGit is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy. The Git\nproject joined Conservancy in 2010 so Conservancy could help us manage\nour money and other assets, and provide legal representation for\ntrademark matters. Conservancy doesn't hold any copyright on any of the\nproject's code. Similarly, being a member project at Conservancy does\nnot grant Conservancy any influence in the project's development. The\ntechnical direction that Git takes is up to us.\n\nInterested readers can take a look at a more full picture of what\nConservancy does for the Git project at:\n\n  https://sfconservancy.org/projects/services/\n\nA \"Project Leadership Committee\" (PLC) represents the Git project at\nConservancy. The PLC currently consists of Junio C Hamano, Christian\nCouder, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, and myself.\n\n# Financials\n\nThe most recent data I have this year is from 2023-09-18, so these\nnumbers should be more or less current.\n\nWe have ~$89k USD in our account, up ~$19k USD from where we were in\nMarch, 2022. This was a relatively good year for us in that regard,\nsince the average year over year growth we have seen over the past is\ncloser to ~$10k USD/yr.\n\nHere are some top-level ledger numbers gathered since the end of\nMarch, 2022 (the date of the last report). Note that this is all\ndouble-entry, so negative numbers are good.\n\n           $-22,058.48 Income:Git\n           $-21,566.67   Donations\n              $-491.14   Royalties\n             $3,098.57 Expenses:Git\n               $217.14   Banking Fees\n               $452.22   Conferences:Travel\n                 $0.00   Filing Fees\n             $2,236.03   Hosting\n               $193.18   Tax:Sales\n               $-27.40 Assets:Receivable:Accounts\n              $-131.58 Liabilities:Payable:Accounts\n  --------------------\n           $-19,118.89\n\nLike last time, most of our money comes from donations. This year just\n2% of it comes from royalties (last year this number was closer to 5%),\nall from Amazon affiliate links. 10% of all incoming money goes to\nConservancy's general fund (the above numbers are after that 10% has\nbeen deducted).\n\nLast year we spent money ($452.22 USD) sponsoring one GSoC student to\nattend the Contributor's Summit and Git Merge events in Chicago, IL.\n\nOne notable change from last time is that our hosting fees have gone up\nsignificantly. These are entirely from Heroku's change in policy to no\nlonger grant the Git project hosting credits for the git-scm.com\nproject. Our costs in the meantime have been supported by a generous\ndonation from Dan Moore at FusionAuth. The below email has some more\ndetails:\n\n  https://lore.kernel.org/git/YkcmtqcFaO7v1jW5@nand.local/\n\nIt appears that since the above was written, Heroku has a new (?)\nprogram for giving credits to open-source projects. The details are\nbelow:\n\n  https://www.heroku.com/open-source-credit-program\n\nI applied on behalf of the Git project on 2023-09-25, and will follow-up\non the list if/when we hear back from them.\n\n# Trademark\n\nWe hold a trademark on the term \"Git\" and its logo in the space of\nsoftware and version control. The report from 2017 has a good overview\nof the details there:\n\n  https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202024501.57hrw4657tsqerqq@sigill.intra.peff.net/\n\nLast year, in response to some discussions we had with folks at\nConservancy, Christian brought a discussion to the list about rethinking\nthe way we treat our trademark in the future, particularly with respect\nto enforcement.\n\n  https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD3WQ64FuXarugF+CJ_-5sFNBCnqPE0AEBK-Ka78ituKTg@mail.gmail.com/\n\nConservancy has brought up this topic with the PLC a few times in our\nmeetings throughout the year. My impression is that they would\nappreciate us taking another look at that discussion and (possibly)\nrethinking our trademark strategy as a result. I encourage folks to dig\nup that thread and share any thoughts they might have.\n\n# Travel Budget Allocation\n\nLike I mentioned above, we sponsored travel for one GSoC student to\nattend Git Merge and the Contributor's Summit last year year. The PLC\nformalized this process a little bit more rigidly in 2018. The report\nfrom that year has a good overview of the details.\n\nSimilarly, that whole procedure is (still) open for comments and\nsuggestions. Our main focus is to make it possible for new contributors\n(particularly ones who have participated in programs like GSoC and\nOutreachy) to attend Git Merge (and, specifically, the Contributor's\nSummit) where it wouldn't otherwise be possible.\n\n# Conclusion\n\nThat's all for this year. I'm happy to answer any questions on the list,\nand I'll propose a session on it at the Contributor's Summit tomorrow,\nin case folks want to discuss this further in person.\n\nThanks,\nTaylor\n"},{"id":"486559","messageId":"ZZ7zezSRZfdklS4u@nand.local","threadId":"60265","inReplyTo":"ZRHTWaPthX/TETJz@nand.local","subject":"[ANNOUNCE] git-scm.com updates (was: Conservancy status report (2023))","fromName":"Taylor Blau","fromEmail":"me@ttaylorr.com","sentAt":"2024-01-10T19:43:55Z","receivedAt":"2024-01-10T19:43:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"me@ttaylorr.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/301000140?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 02:37:13PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote:\n> One notable change from last time is that our hosting fees have gone up\n> significantly. These are entirely from Heroku's change in policy to no\n> longer grant the Git project hosting credits for the git-scm.com\n> project. Our costs in the meantime have been supported by a generous\n> donation from Dan Moore at FusionAuth. The below email has some more\n> details:\n>\n>   https://lore.kernel.org/git/YkcmtqcFaO7v1jW5@nand.local/\n>\n> It appears that since the above was written, Heroku has a new (?)\n> program for giving credits to open-source projects. The details are\n> below:\n>\n>   https://www.heroku.com/open-source-credit-program\n>\n> I applied on behalf of the Git project on 2023-09-25, and will follow-up\n> on the list if/when we hear back from them.\n\nOut of the blue today I received an email from Heroku saying that our\napplication to their open-source credit program was accepted. Quoting\nfrom their email:\n\n  [...] We are excited to announce that your project was a fit to\n  receive $250 credits/month for one year, totaling $3,000 in credits.\n  These credits have been applied to the account submitted on the\n  application, and will be valid from January 2024 to December 2024.\n\n$250 per month is more than enough to cover our hosting costs (which\naverage around ~$140 USD per month), so we should have plenty of room to\nhost git-scm.com free of charge for this year.\n\nI know that there are some plans in the works to convert git-scm.com to\na static site in [1]. So even though we likely won't be on Heroku\nforever, this should tide us over until we're ready to move to GitHub\nPages.\n\nI would like to thank Dan Moore for his generous donation to the Git\nproject, which has covered our Heroku bill in past years. Now that\nHeroku has agreed to cover out costs for this year, we will be able to\nuse the funds Dan has graciously provided to on behalf of FusionAuth for\nother purposes.\n\nThanks,\nTaylor\n\n[1]: https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/pull/1804\n"}]}