Paul Sharratt
@psharratt.bsky.social
Imagine what Melville would have made of the slow-moving furniture lift? He’d have milked it for all it was worth.
October 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Imagine what Melville would have made of the slow-moving furniture lift? He’d have milked it for all it was worth.
“It's people like that who make you realize how little you've accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.”
July 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“It's people like that who make you realize how little you've accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.”
He also invented the Jello shot.
July 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
He also invented the Jello shot.
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In collaboration with Cailean Osborne, @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, and
@mirkoboehm.bsky.social, @psharratt.bsky.social , STA’s Policy and Research Manager, has co-authored "A Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development."
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@mirkoboehm.bsky.social, @psharratt.bsky.social , STA’s Policy and Research Manager, has co-authored "A Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development."
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December 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
In collaboration with Cailean Osborne, @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, and
@mirkoboehm.bsky.social, @psharratt.bsky.social , STA’s Policy and Research Manager, has co-authored "A Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development."
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@mirkoboehm.bsky.social, @psharratt.bsky.social , STA’s Policy and Research Manager, has co-authored "A Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development."
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Written with Cailean Osborne (lead), @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social, this paper should be a useful resource for funders, policymakers, and OSS communities alike you can read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2411.06027 (2/2)
A Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development
Governments are increasingly employing funding for open source software (OSS) development as a policy lever to support the security of software supply chains, digital sovereignty, economic growth, and...
arxiv.org
November 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Written with Cailean Osborne (lead), @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social, this paper should be a useful resource for funders, policymakers, and OSS communities alike you can read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2411.06027 (2/2)
Reposted by Paul Sharratt
(3/3) Second, I'm going to talk about the research I've been doing to look at projects that have relicensed to non-oss licenses that have resulted in forks. You can find the paper, presentation, and data here: github.com/chaoss/wg-da...
wg-data-science/publications at main · chaoss/wg-data-science
CHAOSS Data Science Working Group: collaborate and improve open source project health using data science-based approaches - chaoss/wg-data-science
github.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM
(3/3) Second, I'm going to talk about the research I've been doing to look at projects that have relicensed to non-oss licenses that have resulted in forks. You can find the paper, presentation, and data here: github.com/chaoss/wg-da...
Reposted by Paul Sharratt
(2/3) First, we're talking about a toolkit for measuring the impact of public funding for OSS projects. This is work I've been doing with @psharratt.bsky.social Cailean Osborne and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social. This NGI post has a good summary: commons.ngi.eu/2024/11/12/m... and has a link to the paper.
Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development
Open source software (OSS) has become critical digital infrastructure, powering approximately 96% of codebases and constituting up to 90% of commercial software stacks. Traditionally maintained by vol...
commons.ngi.eu
November 12, 2024 at 2:03 PM
(2/3) First, we're talking about a toolkit for measuring the impact of public funding for OSS projects. This is work I've been doing with @psharratt.bsky.social Cailean Osborne and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social. This NGI post has a good summary: commons.ngi.eu/2024/11/12/m... and has a link to the paper.