Sustaining Open Source Software
Panorama Rooms | Mon 20 Jan 9:10 a.m.–10:10 a.m.
Presented by
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Justin Warren
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net
https://www.eigenmagic.com
Justin is the founder and principal analyst at PivotNine, a boutique analyst and consulting firm based in Melbourne, Australia. He covers enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and information security technologies with a particular focus on open source. He has used Linux as his primary desktop environment since 1996.
An IT industry veteran with extensive global experience, Justin has worked with enterprise organisations including ANZ bank, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, Telstra, and VMware as well as a variety of Silicon Valley startups including Isovalent, Illumio, and Solo.io. His preferred programming language is Python.
Justin holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School, and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Justin Warren
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net
https://www.eigenmagic.com
Justin is the founder and principal analyst at PivotNine, a boutique analyst and consulting firm based in Melbourne, Australia. He covers enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and information security technologies with a particular focus on open source. He has used Linux as his primary desktop environment since 1996.
An IT industry veteran with extensive global experience, Justin has worked with enterprise organisations including ANZ bank, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, Telstra, and VMware as well as a variety of Silicon Valley startups including Isovalent, Illumio, and Solo.io. His preferred programming language is Python.
Justin holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School, and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Abstract
How do we sustain open source software? As multiple companies re-license their projects to move away from open source, and maintainers everywhere are getting burnt out, it's time to rethink how to make open source sustainable.
We present a checklist for assessing the health of an open source project's funding and governance structures to see if it might be at risk of a license switcheroo.
You'll learn some approaches for setting up an open source project for long-term success, and some other ideas about how we might keep this thing we all love alive.
How do we sustain open source software? As multiple companies re-license their projects to move away from open source, and maintainers everywhere are getting burnt out, it's time to rethink how to make open source sustainable.
We present a checklist for assessing the health of an open source project's funding and governance structures to see if it might be at risk of a license switcheroo.
You'll learn some approaches for setting up an open source project for long-term success, and some other ideas about how we might keep this thing we all love alive.