Like many of you, my life has changed because of open source software. Drupal, in particular, is the first open source project I became deeply involved in, and my income from Drupal work has supported my family for years.
I've attended local Drupal Camps, many DrupalCons, and even worked for a few great Drupal companies. The Drupal Association has been a major part of sustaining the Drupal community for many years, and due to COVID-19, they're struggling financially this year .
They rely heavily on DrupalCon revenue, and they use those funds to maintain and grow drupal.org, market Drupal, and support community events.
Unlike many other open source projects, Drupal is a community-first project. There's no one company that 'owns' Drupal, and so if the Drupal Association fails, there will be a lot of damage to the project.
Until the end of April, Dries Buytaert and his wife Vanessa have pledged to match every donation made to the Drupal Association, up to $100,000.
Update 04/21 : Now a coalition of Drupal business will also match all contributions this month, meaning every like will be worth $3 !
For every like on the YouTube video above (you need to visit the video on YouTube directly or in the mobile app to click 'like'), I will donate $1 through my service Hosted Apache Solr . Those donations will be matched by Dries and Vanessa to double the impact, then matched by the coalition of Drupal businesses to triple the impact.
I don't think I'll get anywhere near this many likes, but I have to put a ceiling of $1,000 on my donation for financial reasons. But I would like to donate as much as possible, so please click like on the videoâevery person who does so just donated 2 3 dollars!
You can also support the Drupal Association directlyâfollow this link: Donate to the Drupal Association .
If you usually watch sports and want something to fill that void, I'm also doing a live Drupal 7 to 8 migration series on my YouTube channel; you can see upcoming streams by subscribing to the channel . I hope you are well and please support those who are less fortunate if you can!