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- Keygen has been donating to and contributing to open source projects since 2021, both large (Ruby, Rails, Postgres) and small.
- Keygen contributes time (maintaining open source projects like request_migrations, typed_params, union_of), code (open-sourcing core products under DOSP and offering free open source tier), and funds.
- Keygen is joining the Open Source Pledge, committing to donate at least $2,000 per developer per year to open source.
- In 2024, Keygen has already donated $5,428 so far, and overall their donations have increased over the years, now exceeding $5,000 per developer annually.
- The Open Source Pledge is an initiative by Sentry to encourage companies to financially support open source, with a minimum of $2,000 per full-time developer per year.
- Keygen provides a detailed breakdown of donations by year (2021-2024), showing contributions to various maintainers and projects via platforms like GitHub, OpenCollective, and thanks.dev.
- Keygen thanks open source maintainers and encourages other software companies to join in supporting open source.