Funding Ruby Infrastructure as a Non-Profit
Samuel Giddins • Taipei, Taiwan • Talk

Date: August 09, 2025
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Over the past half decade, software supply chains have become an increasing focus for governments and large companies. This has created an interesting dynamic, as Ruby infrastructure (our package manager, package repository, etc.) used to be developed by volunteers. This is the story of how Ruby Central has adapted to the changing times, and has managed to fund work (including a full-time employee!) on our infrastructure. Along with the story of Ruby Central’s evolution, we’ll cover the current landscape surrounding funding and governance of infrastructural open source projects, and hopefully come away feeling hopeful about the future of critical open source.

RubyConf Taiwan x COSCUP 2025