As the maintainer of #PHPUnit and as a board member of @thephpf, but not only wearing those hats, funding of #OpenSource is a topic that sometimes keeps me awake at night.

Last time I was not able to sleep because I was thinking about this, I wrote phpunit.expert/articles/open-s….

I like the simplicity of your solution, but I fear that not enough companies will voluntarily pay for something that in their minds is free.

Open Source Blackout

"Open Source Blackout", an article by Sebastian Bergmann

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I hadn't planned on spending the week in the hospital. But that's what I did, from Monday morning until just now.

I'm much better now than I was on Monday, but I still need to rest a bit.

I don't know right now whether I'll be able to release #PHPUnit 11.3 on time today, nor whether that's important.

After all, it is #OpenSource: it is done, when it is done.

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