Request For Commits explored different perspectives in open source sustainability (retired). Hosts Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers dive deep into the trials and tribulations of being an open source maintainer, building communities, and navigating the business side of software. Common topics include software licensing, copyright, documentation, governance models, funding platforms such as Open Collective, Kickstarter, etc., measuring success, and more.
https://changelog.com/rfc
Open Source History, Foundations, Sustainability
Danese Cooper joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss the history of open source, how the term became a thing via Tim O’Reilly, feeling empowered as an open source contributor, companies’ relationship to open source, foundations and their role (or not) in governance and sustainability.
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Featuring:
- Danese Cooper – Twitter, GitHub, Website
- Nadia Eghbal – Twitter, GitHub
- Mikeal Rogers – Twitter, GitHub
Show Notes:
- Tim O’Reilly: Official Bio
- Free Software Foundation - working together for free software
- OSCON
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