Pulling the Strings

Open Source: “More than a License” but Not Quite a Business Model with Dotan Horovits

Episode Summary

After several decades of use, should we consider open source software (OSS) a business model? In short: No! In this conversation, open source evangelist Javier Perez welcomes technology evangelist and CNCF ambassador Dotan Horovits to provide context for the biggest changes happening in OSS, discuss what a sustainable future looks like for open source, and explain what to do when companies choose to go not-so-open with their source code.

Episode Notes

After several decades of use, should we consider open source software (OSS) a business model? In short: No! In this conversation, open source evangelist Javier Perez welcomes technology evangelist and CNCF ambassador Dotan Horovits to provide context for the biggest changes happening in OSS, discuss what a sustainable future looks like for open source, and explain what to do when companies choose to go not-so-open with their source code.

Highlights:

• Why open source shouldn’t be considered a business model
• The “disturbing trend” in OSS and why “nothing is written in stone” when it comes to open source
• How tools can differentiate themselves from the ‘open source-ness' of their projects

Speakers:

• Javier Perez, Open Source Evangelist
• Dotan Horovits, Cloud Native Ambassador at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and host of the OpenObservability Talks podcast

Links:

• Get the new State of Open Source Report from OpenLogic
• Find Dotan on LinkedIn and Twitter
• Read Dotan’s articles on ‘vendor-owned open source’ and ‘When Your Open Source Turns to the Dark Side’
• Read Javier’s articles on the State of Open Source in 2024 and concerns over the future of open source
• Listen to OpenObservability Talks on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts

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