This Thanksgiving, top your turkey with Cranberry sOSS to fund open source

The Open Source Pledge organization is working to combat the problems of FOSS maintainers not getting paid, and the closely related issue of developer burnout, with a Thanksgiving-themed campaign.

The Cranberry sOSS campaign is a slightly confusing fundraising effort that probably works best if you are both American and pronounce its name in an accent affected by the Cot-Caught merger. The Reg FOSS desk is neither, but still thinks that hardworking coders, including that random person in Nebraska, should be rewarded, and hey, the campaign's heart is in the right place (possibly in a small plastic bag along with its gizzard and liver). And yes, the fundraiser really does involve buying jars of cranberry sauce to support open source maintainers. As the website says:

Compiled from the best ingredients Cape Cod has to offer, it's the perfect build for anyone who likes their sauce clean and fresh; tart ...