Securing Critical Projects

Open Source Software has long suffered from a “tragedy of the commons” problem. Organizations large and small make use of OSS every day, but many projects are struggling for the time, resources and attention they need.

This is a resource allocation problem – and we can help solve it together. We need ways to connect critical projects we all rely on with organizations that can provide them with support.

Whether it is dedicated help from specialized experts or simply grant money or cloud credits, we recognize that no two projects are the same, and support can come in many shapes. We intend to work with upstream maintainers to understand what help and support they need, and then develop scalable processes to make this help available.

Objective

To the best of our efforts, the goals of the working group are:

• Identify critical open source software (OSS) projects.
• Secure those projects.

For more details, see our MVSR.