https://github.com/elecash/os-calculator

How much your project is saving by using Open Source?
https://github.com/elecash/os-calculator

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How much your project is saving by using Open Source?

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elecash/os-calculator
• Owner: Elecash
• Created: 2020-08-14T15:21:29.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-08-22T17:02:37.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-10T02:43:04.129Z (5 days ago)
• Language: TypeScript
• Size: 1.7 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# How much are you saving with the Open Source projects you're using?

[Open calculator](https://elecash.github.io/os-calculator/)

## How do you calculate the value?

We use the excellent [npms.io API](https://api-docs.npms.io/) to get a metric about how well maintained is the repository, its code quality and popularity. Then we sum all stars in the repositories you're using and multiply these by npms.io metric. Finally we calculate that for every 100 stars a maintainer spends 1 hour per week on the project.

For example: **(number of stars️ x npms.io metric / 100) x price hour**

## Is it accurate?

Hell, no!

I'm pretty sure that the total value is **way higher than we think**.

## Why is this interesting?

Every day private companies are trusting more and more in Open Source projects that are not properly maintained due to a lack of financial support. Problems like [left-pad](http://left-pad.io/), [event-stream](https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/dk/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/hacker-infects-node-js-package-to-steal-from-bitcoin-wallets) or [1337qq-js](https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-spots-malicious-npm-package-stealing-data-from-unix-systems/) are just the tip of the iceberg.

## Is not sponsoring enough?

Sponsors are [peanuts](https://staltz.com/software-below-the-poverty-line.html).

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

## But Open Source projects can create Licenses to get paid

Licensing models work pretty well for big Open Source projects that are usually behind a company.

There are thousands of small Open Source projects that are being used and nobody knows that they're using it. Still, the developers behind those libraries have to maintain a fragile ecosystem for free and private companies are in risk that those libraries stop being maintained, transferred ownership to potential hackers or worst.

## What do you suggest?

I do not have a correct answer here. Maybe a royalty system might be a good idea, but the music industry royalty system has been a failure.

## Are you suggesting that we all should pay for using Open Source projects?

NO.

I think that companies obtaining an economic benefit by using heavily Open Source projects should compensate economically those projects.

## Being paid is not against Open Source?

No. There are a lot of Open Source projects that have enterprise models to get a return.

## Why are you doing this?

I love Open Source. I've created and contributed to Open Source projects for the last 13 years, and I'll keep doing it. [I'm just worried about its future](https://www.google.com/search?q=is+open+source+dying&rlz=1C5CHFA_enES913ES913&oq=is+open+source+dying&aqs=chrome..69i57l2j69i60j69i61j69i60l2j69i61l2.2123j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8).

## I have a question, how can I contact you?

You can [create an issue](https://github.com/elecash/os-calculator/issues) on this repository.