Citus Data Donates 1% of Equity to PostgreSQL Organizations

Re:Citus Data Donates 1% of Equity to PostgreSQL Organizations by jtchang on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:13PM (#18295923)

Good on them. When done in a transparent and public manner this could be a good thing. One thing to always watch out for is how incentives align.

One possible scenario to think about is if this 1% equity now tilt any sort of balance in the postgresql organization regarding decision making? I.e. if a decision adversely affects Citus but is better for the community.

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Re:Citus Data Donates 1% of Equity to PostgreSQL Organizations by koolba on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:32PM (#18296082)

If the history of the core committee and contributors till now is any indication of their objectivity and community focus, I’m not worried about that in the slightest.

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Re:Citus Data Donates 1% of Equity to PostgreSQL Organizations by jakobegger on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @06:18PM (#18296961)

The PostgreSQL community consists of a large number of companies that all contribute large amounts of time and money towards PostgreSQL.

A single donation (even if it's big) is not going to shift the balance in a significant manner.

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Re:Citus Data Donates 1% of Equity to PostgreSQL Organizations by anarazel on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:45PM (#18296195)

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18296064

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