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Open Source, Then and Now (Part 1) (Request For Commits #1)
Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.
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Featuring
- Karl Fogel – Twitter, GitHub, Website
- Nadia Eghbal – Twitter, GitHub
- Mikeal Rogers – Twitter, GitHub
Notes and Links
Karl served on the board of the Open Source Initiative, which coined the term “open source”, and helped write Subversion, a popular version control system that predates Git. Karl also wrote a popular book on managing open source projects called Producing Open Source Software. He’s currently a partner at Open Tech Strategies, a firm that helps major organizations use open source to achieve their goals.
- Read Karl Fogel’s book — Producing Open Source Software
- Listen to part 2 with Karl Fogel as we continue this conversation.
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