By Abhishek Arya, Kim Lewandowski, Dan Lorenc and Julia Ferraioli – Google Open Source
Open source software (OSS) has long suffered from a “tragedy of the commons” problem. Most organizations, large and small, make use of open source software every day to build modern products, but many OSS projects are struggling for the time, resources and attention they need. This is a resource allocation problem and Google, as part of Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), can help solve it together. We need ways to connect critical open source projects we all rely on, with organizations that can provide them with adequate support.