Community and pro bono
The governance, stewardship and contribution the practice puts back into the open source commons it depends on.
Open Digital is built on open source, and the practice puts time and money back into the commons it depends on. This is pro bono work in the proper sense: governance, stewardship and contribution given because the ecosystem needs it, not as marketing spend. Support is selective, and directed where the practice can make a structural difference.
Foundation governance
- The Perl and Raku Foundation
- Stuart Mackintosh serves as President of The Perl and Raku Foundation, providing pro bono leadership across governance, fundraising and programme oversight - including board sponsorship of major funded security work in the Perl ecosystem. The practice also supports the community directly: the FOSDEM stand and devroom, fundraising, and ongoing community support.
- Odoo Community Association
- Open Digital is a member and sponsor of the OCA, and contributes actively to its Governance Working Group - including contribution to the AI policy adopted in summer 2026, and leading community engagement on the development of project governance through PSC and maintainer roles.
- OpenUK
- Stuart founded OpenUK in 2014 and led its development through its formative years, handing over to the current leadership in 2019. OpenUK has since become the UK's organisation for the business of open technology, and the practice continues to support its work.
Contribution to projects
The practice publishes its own tooling as open source through the OpenDigitalCC organisation - including lazysite, the publishing engine this site runs on, and ctrl-exec, a remote execution governance framework. Beyond its own projects, the team contributes fixes, modules and documentation to the projects it deploys for clients - and has a long record of returning commissioned work to the commons, including open source financial systems delivered into the NHS under the public money, public code principle.
Pro bono engagements
Selective pro bono advisory support is provided to foundations and not-for-profit organisations. This is directed by the practice rather than offered on application - but if your organisation stewards open infrastructure and needs the kind of help described on these pages, a conversation costs nothing.