There are many reasons why companies support open source. If you’re using Continuous Delivery Foundation projects and think your company should be a member. Let your boss know!
Here’s a draft email you can use.
Dear [Boss Name],
Our company has been using [Jenkins or other project name] for years now. It’s a free open source project hosted at the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF), and it’s great!
I think we should become members of the CD Foundation to support this project’s maintenance to safeguard our software’s future.
The Benefits
Here’s how I believe it would directly benefit our organization:
- Positive visibility – our logo would be displayed on their website, presentations, etc. It’s great to be seen as supporting open source and would increase brand awareness/recognition.
- Showcase our industry leadership – members get the opportunity to help lead the foundation and drive the future of software delivery. We can also share how we’ve utilized open source through case studies or workshops.
- Networking with other leaders – we can learn from other member organizations and the people at the Foundation can help us connect with the right people.
- Innovation – by being more involved, we’d get valuable insights on tools and solutions that could benefit our work.
- Sustainability and security – by supporting open source projects and libraries we (and the world) use, we can prevent incidents like Log4Shell from happening.
- View all of CDF’s Member Benefits (PDF).
Membership cost
If our company is a member of the Linux Foundation, supporting the CDF could be as little as $2,500 for End Users and $5,000 for General Users (the fee is based on company size). View fees
I’d love for our company to be part of something that makes software better for everyone. Let me know if you want to discuss it further.
Thank you,
[Your name]