Prosperous Software Stanford Workshop

​A working session to move the Profit-Left Prosperous Software Movement from draft toward something we can put in front of a founding cohort.

​https://www.prosperous.software/en

​Open source runs the world but struggles to fund itself. The Prosperous Software Movement is designing a license + payment-rails system that builds dependency funding directly into how software is published and reused. This workshop brings together builders, designers, lawyers, and movement-makers to pressure-test the design and shape what comes next.

​What we'll do together

• ​Get feedback on the MVP and go-to-market approach — does the license + payment-rails design hold up, and is the adoption path realistic?

• ​Set a framework for the open design questions — agree how we'll decide them, not necessarily decide all on the day.

• ​Define resources and next steps — what each open item needs to reach resolution.

​Agenda

• ​5min — Welcome + framing: why we're here, ground rules

• ​10min — Movement + problem thesis (brief): shared frame

• ​25min — MVP walkthrough + GTM approach: the license, the payment rails, the adoption path

• ​5min — Break

• ​90min — Breakout sessions on Design Questions Deep Dive (90 min, running in parallel — pick one):

  • ​License Design & Governance — the profit-left requirement, aggregation and threshold rules, fork inheritance, and the lightweight governance body

  • ​User Story & UI/UX of Payment Rails — the product MVP for seamless onboarding

  • ​Story-telling & GTM Movement Building — narrative, founding cohort, and how we bring developers and sponsors along

• ​15min — Report-back + synthesis: each group shares findings

• ​5min — Wrap: decisions, owners, and follow-ups

​Who should come

​Open-source maintainers, license and policy folks, product designers, and anyone who wants software to stay open and sustainable. Come ready to build.

​Draft agenda — format and timing may shift to fit the group.