Merging service models with open-source development

[choldgraf]

Discussion topic: Merging service models with open-source development

Brief description of issue/challenge: The skills / roles that open-source developers have often make it possible to perform some service to other organizations that have money. For example, organizing/running/participating in hackathons, running training sessions, doing contract-based data analysis, or building tools that meet a specific need of a stakeholder. This is a potential stream for sustainable funding, but how can this be utilized without sacrificing our open-source / free tooling mission? We could discuss models that various organizations have tried around combining service models with open-source technical development, and think up a potential model for how this could work in academia.

Lead/moderator: Chris Holdgraf (or somebody else...just putting myself here since I'm opening the issue!)

Links to resources: can look some up if there's general interest in this :-)