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FLOSS Weekly 747: New, Hot, Big, and Doomed - Business Software License, OpenELA Initiative
Doc Searls, Dan Lynch, and Jonathan Bennett talk about what happens when open source companies get too big for the licenses that helped them get there, and how their communities are dealing with that.Red Hat recently changed its source code distribution rules, prompting other vendors like Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ to form the Open Enterprise Linux Association in response. What are the implications of these changes, and do Red Hat's actions violate the GPL.Canonical's tight control over the LXD container management project, pulling it back in-house from the open source community which led to a community fork being created called Incus.Companies like MongoDO and Hashicorp are moving away from open source licenses towards "source available" licenses like the Business Source License (BSL) that restrict commercial use.There are growing concerns around using AI-generated code from tools like GitHub Copilot, and whether copyright and licensing restrictions carry over.Apple reverses its stance on right-to-repair, with Apple throwing its support behind a California right-to-repair bill.iFixit and Public Knowledge have been hit with a DMCA violation for creating a device that interacts with a McDonald's ice cream machine.Hosts: Doc Searls, Dan Lynch, and Jonathan BennettDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss
FLOSS Weekly 746: Don't Hesitate, Enculturate! - Claude Warren Jr, Open Source Culture
Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Claude Warren, Jr. about open source culture going back to coffee shops in the 1600s, how open source manners matter, and much more on this episode of FLOSS Weekly.The concept of open source projects as "insurance" against risk and companies that fund them for risk reduction.InnerSource as an open source practice to develop and establish an open source-like culture within organizations.Business source licenses changing mid-project and the fallout following such a chance.Alternative models like Tidelift for funding open source.The challenges of determining a single best model vs. many potential solutions.HashiCorp's shift to a business source license and forking.The impact of cultural differences on software teams and misunderstandings that can follow.Setting expectations for asking "improper" questions to learn.Social media outrage culture vs. traditional "voting with your feet."How to sustain projects as they evolve from early stages projects.Why succession planning is needed to continue the progress when project leaders leave.The ethics of Protestware and embedding political messages.Drawing lines around appropriate levels of protest or advocacy in code.Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan BennettGuest: Claude Warren, Jr.Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit fastmail.com/twit
FLOSS Weekly 745: The Buffer Bloke - Dave Taht, Music Collab, Private AI
On FLOSS Weekly, Dave Taht takes a break and pauses while saving the world from bufferbloat to treat Doc Searls and Dan Lynch to delightful discourses on music and low-latency conferencing and online jams.Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan LynchGuest: Dave TahtDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: discourse.org/twit
FLOSS Weekly 744: A Chill Pirate Lawyer - Damien Riehl, Open Source and Legal Rights
What lawsuits become frivolous in a digital age that just entered its AI epoch? Attorney Damien Riehl knows and is making it all happen with a raft of projects he talks about with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman on FLOSS Weekly.Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine DruckmanGuest: Damien RiehlDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss
FLOSS Weekly 743: Data Is Surprisingly Exciting - Apache SeaTunnel, William Kwok
William Kwok speaks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about Apache SeaTunnel, an exciting and extremely useful open-source way to synchronize multiple databases.Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn PowersGuest: William KwokDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
FLOSS Weekly 742: Endless Sky, Endless Fun - Open Source Game Development
Endless Sky is an open source game set in space with a great array of ships, settings, worlds, conditions, alien factions, and missions — plus a community of thousands. Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Jonathan Steck and Shaughn Reynolds of Endless Sky about how and where the game, its community, and open source gaming itself are going.Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan BennettGuests: Jonathan Steck and Shaughn ReynoldsDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meraki.cisco.com/twit fastmail.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit
FLOSS Weekly 741: This Is the F-Droid You're Looking For - Hans Christoph Steiner, F-Droid
Doc Searls and Simon Phipps talk with Hans-Christoph Steiner about all things F-Droid: the non-Google app store for Android where you don't need an account and find only free and open source apps. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon PhippsGuest: Hans-Christoph SteinerDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: discourse.org/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit kolide.com/floss
FLOSS Weekly 740: Baking the Printer - Jonathan Bennett: A Bad Face For Radio, IBM and Red Hat
Doc Searls and Ant Pruitt talk with Jonathan Bennett about life, love, open source, and what's up with Red Hat. Also, how to bake a printer?Host: Doc SearlsCo-Host: Ant PruittGuest: Jonathan BennettDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
FLOSS Weekly 739: Whose AI Is It Anyway? - AI Security, Decentralized Identifiers
Golda Velez and Romeo Chukwuemeka talk with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman on FLOSS Weekly about big AI questions nobody else is asking—and getting deep and surprising answers, you won't want to miss.Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine DruckmanGuests: Golda Velez and Romeo ChukwuemekaDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
FLOSS Weekly 738: Crossplane: Your Cockpit in the Cloud - Jared Watts, Nic Cope, Crossplane and Kubernetes
Jared Watts and Nic Cope, two founding engineers with Upbound and developers on Crossplane, join Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett to discuss control planes for Kubernetes and clouds.Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan BennettGuests: Jared Watts and Nic CopeDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss
FLOSS Weekly 737: Live, LUG, and Rock On - Dan Lynch, Liverpool Linux User Group
Doc Searls and Shawn Powers talk with Liverpool musician and FLOSS co-host Dan Lynch about music, events, LUGs and histories past and future.Hosts: Doc Searls, Shawn Powers, and Dan LynchDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/floss bitwarden.com/twit
FLOSS Weekly 736: Don't Fear The AI - David Sifry, AI and Open Source
David Sifry gives Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman a deep, detailed, enthusiastic, and original take on what's up with AI from an open source angle. It's an interesting discussion on FLOSS Weekly.Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine DruckmanGuest: David SifryDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: fastmail.com/twit
FLOSS Weekly 735: FLOSS Without Borders - Ahmed Sobeh, Open Source in Developing Countries
Engineering Manager at Aiven, Ahmed Sobeh joins Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb on FLOSS Weekly. What new stuff is happening with open source development? Look to the developing world. That's what Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb learn from Ahmed Sobeh in a show packed with insights.Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron NewcombGuest: Ahmed SobehDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss
FLOSS Weekly 734: Organic Maps - Roman Tsisyk, Organic Maps
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk with Roman Tsisyk, founder and top maintainer of Organic Maps, an extremely active and exciting open source project for people who like or need to travel off line and in privacy.Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine DruckmanGuest: Roman TsisykDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
FLOSS Weekly 733: Open Source Science - Tim Bonnermann, Open Source Science
Doc Searls and Dan Lynch talk with Tim Bonneman about how to help open-source science follow the road to success paved by open-source software development and build on lots of interesting and exciting work already going on.Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan LynchGuest: Tim BonnermannDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weeklyThink your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/floss bitwarden.com/twit