Open Collective Testimonials

“People have been joking about its death since PHP appeared. There’s a meme of a gravestone saying ‘“I didn’t think I would die before PHP”. Well, PHP is still here, and it keeps getting better. Many companies and developers all over the world are committed to PHP because it just works.”

“Before you start tooting (Mastodon analog of tweeting), it's really important to lay the foundation of a commons. A commons is a combination of practices, culture, and relationships around common resources. To govern technology democratically, a community should have a commons in place first. If some big tech company doesn't own your community, something else needs to. Ideally, individual founders should not be personally liable for what happens on it. A great solution is to be fiscally sponsored through an Open Collective fiscal host. A shared space requires some shared economy. If one person or a small group runs [it], they will be the ones in control, in the end. To prevent that, make sure there is a way for the community to co-fund the space. We use Open Collective to manage our funds. Members can sign up there to make regular contributions, on a sliding scale based on what they want to pay. We also manage expenses and payments on Open Collective, so all our financial activity is transparent, not only to our members but to the world."