Thanks @rahulporuri for the AMA and the summary!
Two things I remember:
We discussed a few different things that we could do to enable long-term FOSS creation and development via the Hackathon
- tweak messaging around the Hackathon to highlight long-term FOSS that was created or augmented during FOSS Hack e.g. Raven, Samay (Kukkee that @Anand_Baburajan built last year)
- tweak messaging to winners or runners up of the Hackathon regarding potential long-term support if the creators are able to maintain it for a few months
- revisit projects after a delay e.g. 3 months after Hackathon and if the project is still active and maintained, financially incentivize the creators/maintainers e.g. via a small FOSS Grant
- highlight the activity on the project via the community to showcase long-term FOSS development
We could also encourage the participants to ask for feedback on their ideas from the community before FOSS Hack. If a participant doesn’t have a good idea, the community could help with some brainstorming too.
We also talked about “exploring and exploiting” (Think more about what to focus on - by Henrik Karlsson).