Summary: <h2>Open Source: The Big Picture with Nadia Eghbal</h2> <p>Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/tech_done_right" rel="nofollow">@tech_done_right</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2" rel="nofollow">leave us a review on Apple Podcasts</a>, and please <a href="http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter" rel="nofollow">sign up for our newsletter</a>!</p> <h2>Guest</h2> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/nayafia" rel="nofollow">Nadia Eghbal</a>: Works on Open Source Initiatives at <a href="https://github.com/" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a>, Author of <a href="https://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow">Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure</a>; Read her essays on Open Source <a href="https://medium.com/@nayafia" rel="nofollow">on Medium</a> </p> <h2>Summary</h2> <p>The Internet runs on Open Source. Open Source runs on maintainers and contributors. Is that sustainable? We talk to Nadia Eghbal about her work documenting and analyzing the Open Source ecosystem. How did we get here, and how did GitHub change Open Source? Nadia answers why Open Source makes economic sense, and discusses what can make projects more sustainable (hint: it's not just money).</p> <h2>Notes</h2> <p>01:22 - Researching the Open Source Community</p> <p>03:14 - How the Relationship Between Open Source and the Rest of Technology Changed in the Mid-2000s</p> <p>07:22 - Where is Open Source going? How will it evolve?</p> <p>09:28 - What do successful projects do that others can learn from?</p> <p>12:34 - Standardization of Funding</p> <p>13:33 - As Projects Mature</p> <p>17:26 - The Open Source Ecosystem: Excludable and Non-Excludable</p> <p>21:42 - The Reputational Economy</p> <p>25:20 - “Worse is Better”: Sharing Between Ecosystems; Fragmentation</p> <p>30:03 - Diversity and Being New in the Open Source Community</p> <p>34:16 - Hopes for the Future: Better Tooling for Maintainers, Shared Understanding of Best Practices, Supporting Open Source</p>
