--- title: "Community feedback: How can corporations improve support for open source maintainers?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/community-feedback-how-can-corporations-improve-support-for-open-source-maintainers--dyvm8xoa8 source_url: http://opensource.googleblog.com/2026/06/community-feedback-how-can-corporations-improve-support-for-open-source-maintainers.html type: article source: "Google Open Source Blog" published: 2026-06-30T19:32:43.327Z updated: 2026-06-30T19:33:40.192Z tags: ["open-source", "github"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Community feedback: How can corporations improve support for open source maintainers? **[Google Open Source Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/googleoss)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google Open Source shares community feedback gathered during GitHub Maintainer Month on how corporations can better support open source maintainers. Key themes include creative payment models (pay per report, commitment-based purchasing, conference sponsorship), managing expectations around communication norms and documentation consistency, and improving transparency in funding programs. The post also invites further community input via a Google Form. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?](https://daily.dev/posts/how-can-governments-pay-open-source-maintainers--maup4ew7r) · Lobsters · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [$100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community](https://daily.dev/posts/100-million-for-open-source-a-milestone-built-by-the-community-47un6vrrj) · GitHub Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/community-feedback-how-can-corporations-improve-support-for-open-source-maintainers--dyvm8xoa8)