diff --git a/docs/blog/2023-09-15-zmk-sotf-6.md b/docs/blog/2023-09-15-zmk-sotf-6.md index 8d4df652..7ca627d4 100644 --- a/docs/blog/2023-09-15-zmk-sotf-6.md +++ b/docs/blog/2023-09-15-zmk-sotf-6.md @@ -273,9 +273,19 @@ Some statistics of interest for ZMK: ## Sponsorship -[Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/zmkfirmware) -[Pete Johanson](https://github.com/sponsors/petejohanson) -(detail what is used for what) +While ZMK is an open source project that uses the permissive MIT license, below are opportunities for anyone who would like to show their support to the project financially. + +### Open Collective + +The ZMK project has an [Open Collective sponsorship](https://opencollective.com/zmkfirmware) that has been going for two and a half years. +This fund helps pay for project costs like domain registration or development of hardware such as the [ZMK Uno shield](https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk-uno). +Note that donations to this fund do _not_ pay for the work of any individual contributor directly. + +### Contributor sponsorships + +Project creator and lead Pete Johanson has a [GitHub sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/petejohanson) set up that you can contribute to, in order to directly support his time and efforts in developing and maintaining ZMK. +He has also been traveling full time while focusing on ZMK and keyboard hardware design for more than a year now! +If you are curious, you can check out [his blog post](https://petejohanson.dev/blog/new-journey-2022) on deciding to embark on this adventure, in addition to his thoughts on contributor vs. project sponsorship, and sustainability of open source projects in general. ## Thanks!