Latest reads - July ~ August 2019

[coni2k (Serkan Holat)]

Here are my July ~ August findings (that are mostly from SustainOSS Twitter account ¯_(ツ)_/¯)

• Thierry Carrez - Open Source in 2019 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

• Fairpone - Beyond software: The open-source mentality

It goes beyond software

The entire world is full of “source code” in all forms — rules, recipes, blueprints — that have a huge impact on the way we interact with it. In that sense, “open-source” is a state of mind that encourages playing an active role in improving the world, which is possible only when everyone has access to the way that world is designed.

• Adam Jacob - The war for the soul of open source - Changelog podcast & OSCON keynote. And some extra links from the Changelog podcast:

  • Veil of ignorance
  • Utility monster
  • Anti 996 License

• Wired - When Open Source Software Comes With A Few Catches

• VM Brasseur - Ask not what Brands™ can do for you

• Indeed Engineering - The FOSS Contributor Fund: Six Months In

Congrats to Duane O’Brien

Next, imagine this on a national scale, a little more systematic (next to a voting system, include some “agreed metrics” into decision process - more factual, less emotional?), and the fund is generated through #opensourcetax

Bonus

• The Maintainers - Why Do People Neglect Maintenance?

Sharing ≠ Endorsing