# Funding Index

**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/c/working-groups/funding-index/5.md

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## [About the Funding Index category](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-funding-index-category/22)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/erlend_sh)\
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This is the place to discuss the index of many names: The “OSS Funding Index”; “OSS Grants”, “The Shame(-on you if your company is not on it) Index”. First prototype of the index is live here: https://erlend-sh.github.io…

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## [Mécénat Code Lutin / Metrics for funds](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/mecenat-code-lutin-metrics-for-funds/1054)

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**Author:** [@camille](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/camille)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/mecenat-code-lutin-metrics-for-funds/1054 "2022-11-05T08:48:14Z")

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Hi all, Code Lutin is a small French company that gives 1 % of its turnover (which amounts to 10 K€ per year) to FOSS projects. FOSS projects can apply till the 26th of June. One thing that interests me here is the met…

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## [Spotify FOSS fund](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/spotify-foss-fund/1028)

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**Author:** [@camille](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/camille)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/spotify-foss-fund/1028 "2022-04-30T18:16:47Z")

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Hi all, (Not sure this is the right place to post this) Spotify has announced their FOSS fund to support some of their dependencies. Projects chosen by their engineers will be announced in May. Cheers, Camille

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## [Next steps for the working group](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/next-steps-for-the-working-group/23)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/next-steps-for-the-working-group/23 "2019-01-08T20:12:54Z")

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Hi all! This category will be our designated mode of async communication during the inception of what I’ve tentatively dubbed “The Funding Index” (I find myself renaming it far too often so add that to the list of things…

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## [Please provide feedback on blog post mention of Funding Index](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/please-provide-feedback-on-blog-post-mention-of-funding-index/42)

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**Author:** [@GeorgLink](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/GeorgLink)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/please-provide-feedback-on-blog-post-mention-of-funding-index/42 "2019-01-04T18:31:59Z")

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Please provide feedback on a blog post I am working on that mentions the Funding Index. I am targeting this towards OpenSource.com Is this the way we want to talk about our idea? The section reads currently: Second, F…

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## [Discussing the "Fair Share Clause"](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/discussing-the-fair-share-clause/78)

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**Author:** [@coni2k](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/coni2k)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/discussing-the-fair-share-clause/78 "2018-12-11T21:07:59Z")

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Hi @erlend\_sh, Meanwhile I read your article, it’s much more clear now. Can I summarize it like this? All companies with \> $100K salary budget should pay, %5 of their this budget to “open source” Two questions: Wh…

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## [Discuss Name for Index](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/discuss-name-for-index/41)

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**Author:** [@GeorgLink](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/GeorgLink)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/discuss-name-for-index/41 "2018-11-21T14:27:15Z")

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“OSS Funding Index” gives off the appearance that we evaluate a project’s funding. “OSS Funder Index” would more clearly point to our goal of an index about funders. I propose the slight change of name but we can discu…