







Following up on “Why Open Source Failed”
Save Open Source, Save the World. Following up on “Why Open Source… |…
archived 17 May 2023 07:18:18 UTC

Why Open Source Failed
(If you like this essay, you may be interested in my follow-up, “Save Open Source, Save the World”)

Open Source Won't Save A Subpar Product
Open source isn't a magic pill to save projects that lack function, features, and efficient onboarding. Here's how to set your project up for success.

Sustainable Open Source: The Maintainers Perspective or: How I Learned to Stop Caring and Love Open Source
The Missing Middle of Open Source
Why serious, maintainer-driven projects struggle to sustain themselves—and what it will take to fix it.

Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together | Open Source Pledge
Burnout is affecting the entire Open Source ecosystem. Here's what we could do to make things better.

Sustain
Sustain brings together practitioners, sustainers, funders, researchers and maintainers of the open source ecosystem. We have conversations about the health and sustainability of the open source community. We learn about the ins and outs of what ‘open source’ entails in the real world. Open source means so much more than a license; we're interested in talking about how to make sure that the culture of open source continues, grows, and ultimately, sustains itself. Newsletter

The Rules of Open Source No Longer Apply | Built In
When free software first gained traction, the world looked very different.

Why Open Source Failed. (If you like this essay, you may be… | by Joh…
archived 21 Apr 2023 23:58:23 UTC

Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together ✸ Software Stewardship Lab
Burnout is affecting the entire Open Source ecosystem. Here's what we could do to make things better.

Embrace Open Source, For the Good of Nerdmanity | Fortune
More businesses are willing to use open source software for key projects.

Sustaining Open Source Software
The ‘open source sustainability’ debate continues with yet-another-company relicensing their product away from an open source license to…

Why your Open Source Project might lack (my?) contribution (1)
"In this article I describe some things to consider when maintaining

Open Source is Not Enough
by James Halliday // The open source movement has fundamentally changed how software gets written. But in the process, corporations have been given a vast gift of free labor.
