Contribute: Beyond the Code

Open source gave us Linux, the cloud, and the foundation of modern software. Can it do the same for AI before the window closes? In this episode, Nithya Ruff, Linux Foundation board chair and one of open source's most influential voices, makes the case that the principles that made open source work for 30 years are exactly what AI governance needs right now. Transparency. Distributed power. Broad...

Open source has won. So why are the people building it still struggling to pay the bills? In this episode, Patrick Masson, Executive Director of Apereo Foundation, makes the case that the open source sustainability problem isn't a funding problem. It's a mindset problem. And until foundations stop acting like charities, nothing changes. We cover: *Why guilt-tripping companies into donations doesn'...

Your OSPO will only be as strong as the internal case you've built for it. Our guest, Dawn Foster, has been in open source for decades and in this episode, she breaks down what it actually takes to build an OSPO that lasts: where it should sit in your org, how to survive budget cuts, and why the best OSPOs are obsessed with internal enablement, not external visibility. If you're building, running,...

I recently sat down with Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, for the first episode of the #contribute Beyond the Code podcast. Her insights were sobering, necessary, and frankly, a wake-up call for everyone involved in #opensource. #opensourcesoftware #foss #devrel #opensourceai