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FLOSS Weekly (Video)

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We're not talking dentistry here; FLOSS is all about Free Libre Open Source Software. Join host Doc Searls and his rotating panel of co-hosts as they talk with the most interesting and important people in the Open Source and Free Software community. Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy episodes from our archives.
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Episodes

FLOSS Weekly 761: We Won! - The Victories of Free Software and Open Source

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Dan Lynch, Simon Phipps, and Leo Laporte gather to celebrate the final victory of free software and open source—and the final FLOSS Weekly as well. Hosts: Doc Searls , Katherine Druckman , Dan Lynch , and Simon Phipps Guest: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme mu...

Dec 13, 20231 hr 17 minEp. 761

FLOSS Weekly 760: Making Money In Open Source - Adam Jacob, Chef & System Initiative

Adam Jacob talks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about making money in open source, based on his long experience with Chef, System Initiative, and other development communities that are also businesses. Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers Guest: Adam Jacob Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get epi...

Dec 06, 20231 hr 12 minEp. 760

FLOSS Weekly 759: ActivityPub Crawl - Evan Prodromou on ActivityPub & OpenEarth

Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett go deep into what's happening in the fediverse with Evan Prodromou, the co-creator of ActivityPub, the open protocol behind Mastodon and other truly social networks on the Internet. Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett Guest: Evan Prodromou Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our th...

Nov 29, 20231 hr 11 minEp. 759

FLOSS Weekly 758: Raiders of the Lost Source - Rocky and Oracle Unbreakable Linux, OpenAI Shakeup

Doc Searls and Dan Lynch explore long-standing ethical and technical imperatives of the free software and open source movements, and the wild new challenges they face in an age of AI that is still just beginning. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-fre...

Nov 22, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 758

FLOSS Weekly 757: Noodling Around with OpenZiti - Philip Griffiths, OpenZiti and Secure Networking

Philip Griffiths of OpenZiti explains to Doc Searls, Shawn Powers, and Jonathan Bennett how OpenZiti is on its way to becoming the Linux of secure networking. An overview of OpenZiti and how it implements zero trust principles by putting private networks inside applications. How OpenZiti functions similarly to a VPN. OpenZiti's security and how it authorizes connections. Hosts: Doc Searls , Shawn Powers , and Jonathan Bennett Guest: Philip Griffiths Download or subscribe to this show at https://...

Nov 08, 20231 hr 7 minEp. 757

FLOSS Weekly 756: We Won, Now What? - Luis Villa, Tidelift

Doc Searls and Simon Phipps talk with Luis Villa of Tidelift about how it helps code maintainers get paid, plus what's happening in AI, ML, regulation and more. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Luis Villa Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss...

Nov 01, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 756

FLOSS Weekly 755: Nextcloud - Frank Karlitschek, Nextcloud Growth and Updates

Frank Karlitschek joins Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett to talk about Nextcloud. Nextcloud is a fast-growing open source collaboration platform that gives customers a huge array of capabilities, all independent of giant gatekeepers. Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett Guest: Frank Karlitschek Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer an...

Oct 25, 20231 hr 10 minEp. 755

FLOSS Weekly 754: Is He Still On? - Jon "maddog" Hall, Caninos Loucos, Open Source vs Free Software

Our guest this week was Jon "maddog" Hall, the Linux Legend, until his connection from Brazil dropped. At any rate, Dan Lynch and Doc Searls went deep into the differences between GPL licenses v2 and v3 on this episode of FLOSS Weekly. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Jon "maddog" Hall Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and mu...

Oct 18, 202355 minEp. 754

FLOSS Weekly 753: Small Is Beautiful - Aral Balkan, Small Technology Foundation

Aral Balkan of the Small Technology Foundation talks with Doc Searls and Dan Lynch about the small web, the tame little server called Kitten, and much more about the wide open world we've been losing and how to get it back. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Aral Balkan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our th...

Oct 11, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 753

FLOSS Weekly 752: Stalkers Beware - Cooper Quintin on Personal Privacy and TOR University Challenge

Cooper Quintin of the EFF treats Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman to plenty of wisdom about the extremes of constant personal privacy exposure online, and how some of the worst threats can come from people you know. The stalkerware industry that allows people to spy on victims easily. How can we truly decentralize social media? The expanding data broker industry. Effective mitigation like encryption tools and pushing for privacy laws. Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman Guest: Cooper Quint...

Oct 04, 20231 hr 7 minEp. 752

FLOSS Weekly 751: The Phipps Certification - EFF, AlmaLinux, Vehicle Software and Privacy

Listen closely for The Phipps Certification, and you'll also get news about 3D printing, AlmaLinux, a big EFF win, spyware in new cars and other hot topics on a table surrounded by Simon Phipps, Jonathan Bennett, Shawn Powers, and Doc Searls. Carl Malamud's fight to make the law open to citizens through his non-profit Public Resource. How 3D printing is transforming open hardware through the sharing of designs Mozilla's report on modern vehicles collecting and sharing personal data. Using Pi-hol...

Sep 27, 20231 hr 7 minEp. 751

FLOSS Weekly 750: AI: Just Make It Normal - IQXR, AI and Open Source

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk with Michael "Hoff" Hoffman, Co-founder and CEO of IQXR, about open source in AI, immersive technologies, and much more - and what needs to happen before it all gets normal. What are the differences between virtual, augmented, and mixed reality? The challenges holding back widespread virtual / augmented reality, such as the lack of standards. Privacy concerns around augmented & virtual reality glasses / headsets that record users. AI's role in spatial c...

Sep 20, 20231 hr 3 minEp. 750

FLOSS Weekly 749: That's In Chapter Three - Kyle Rankin, How To Write a Tech Book

Writing a tech book is easy if you start with the proper guidance. Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett get that guidance and much more from Kyle Rankin, author of How to Write a Tech Book . The benefits of using LaTeX for formatting and layout when self-publishing. How to pitch a book idea to traditional tech publishers like O'Reilly. Advice on when you're ready to write your first tech book based on your skills. How to make the transition from writing short-form articles to full book projects. Diff...

Sep 13, 20231 hr 6 minEp. 749

FLOSS Weekly 748: Show Me The ProofMode - Nathan Freitas, ProofMode

Doc Searls and Simon Phipps talk with Nathan Freitas, founder of the Guardian Project about ProofMode. A way to turn photos, videos, and other digital artifacts into secure signed digital evidence. Plus, the many other things the Project is up to. Proof Mode for Data Verification Future of Open Source and AI Balancing Privacy and Functionality in Journalism Guardian Project Funding and Future Plans Discussion on Surveillance, Trust, and Optimism Host: Doc Searls Guests: Simon Phipps and Nathan F...

Sep 06, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 748

FLOSS Weekly 747: New, Hot, Big, and Doomed - Business Software License, OpenELA Initiative

Doc Searls, Dan Lynch, and Jonathan Bennett talk about what happens when open source companies get too big for the licenses that helped them get there, and how their communities are dealing with that. Red Hat recently changed its source code distribution rules, prompting other vendors like Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ to form the Open Enterprise Linux Association in response. What are the implications of these changes, and do Red Hat's actions violate the GPL? Canonical's tight control over the LXD con...

Aug 30, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 747

FLOSS Weekly 746: Don't Hesitate, Enculturate! - Claude Warren Jr, Open Source Culture

Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Claude Warren, Jr. about open source culture going back to coffee shops in the 1600s, how open source manners matter, and much more on this episode of FLOSS Weekly. The concept of open source projects as "insurance" against risk and companies that fund them for risk reduction. InnerSource as an open source practice to develop and establish an open source-like culture within organizations. Business source licenses changing mid-project and the fallout foll...

Aug 23, 20231 hrEp. 746

FLOSS Weekly 745: The Buffer Bloke - Dave Taht, Music Collab, Private AI

On FLOSS Weekly, Dave Taht takes a break and pauses while saving the world from bufferbloat to treat Doc Searls and Dan Lynch to delightful discourses on music and low-latency conferencing and online jams. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Dave Taht Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episo...

Aug 16, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 745

FLOSS Weekly 744: A Chill Pirate Lawyer - Damien Riehl, Open Source and Legal Rights

What lawsuits become frivolous in a digital age that just entered its AI epoch? Attorney Damien Riehl knows and is making it all happen with a raft of projects he talks about with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman on FLOSS Weekly. Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman Guest: Damien Riehl Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and mus...

Aug 09, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 744

FLOSS Weekly 743: Data Is Surprisingly Exciting - Apache SeaTunnel, William Kwok

William Kwok speaks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about Apache SeaTunnel, an exciting and extremely useful open-source way to synchronize multiple databases. Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers Guest: William Kwok Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://t...

Aug 02, 20231 hr 5 minEp. 743

FLOSS Weekly 742: Endless Sky, Endless Fun - Open Source Game Development

Endless Sky is an open source game set in space with a great array of ships, settings, worlds, conditions, alien factions, and missions — plus a community of thousands. Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Jonathan Steck and Shaughn Reynolds of Endless Sky about how and where the game, its community, and open source gaming itself are going. Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett Guests: Jonathan Steck and Shaughn Reynolds Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-wee...

Jul 26, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 742

FLOSS Weekly 741: This Is the F-Droid You're Looking For - Hans-Christoph Steiner, F-Droid

Doc Searls and Simon Phipps talk with Hans-Christoph Steiner about all things F-Droid: the non-Google app store for Android where you don't need an account and find only free and open source apps. Hosts: Doc Searls and Simon Phipps Guest: Hans-Christoph Steiner Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Ge...

Jul 19, 20231 hr 7 minEp. 741

FLOSS Weekly 740: Baking the Printer - Jonathan Bennett: A Bad Face For Radio, IBM and Red Hat

Doc Searls and Ant Pruitt talk with Jonathan Bennett about life, love, open source, and what's up with Red Hat. Also, how to bake a printer? Host: Doc Searls Co-Host: Ant Pruitt Guest: Jonathan Bennett Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwi...

Jul 12, 20231 hr 10 minEp. 740

FLOSS Weekly 739: Whose AI Is It Anyway? - AI Security, Decentralized Identifiers

Golda Velez and Romeo Chukwuemeka talk with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman on FLOSS Weekly about big AI questions nobody else is asking—and getting deep and surprising answers, you won't want to miss. Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman Guests: Golda Velez and Romeo Chukwuemeka Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician...

Jul 05, 202359 minEp. 739

FLOSS Weekly 738: Crossplane: Your Cockpit in the Cloud - Jared Watts, Nic Cope, Crossplane and Kubernetes

Jared Watts and Nic Cope, two founding engineers with Upbound and developers on Crossplane, join Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett to discuss control planes for Kubernetes and clouds. Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett Guests: Jared Watts and Nic Cope Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episod...

Jun 28, 20231 hr 10 minEp. 738

FLOSS Weekly 737: Live, LUG, and Rock On - Dan Lynch, Liverpool Linux User Group

Doc Searls and Shawn Powers talk with Liverpool musician and FLOSS co-host Dan Lynch about music, events, LUGs and histories past and future. Hosts: Doc Searls , Shawn Powers , and Dan Lynch Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:...

Jun 21, 20231 hr 14 minEp. 737

FLOSS Weekly 736: Don't Fear The AI - David Sifry, AI and Open Source

David Sifry gives Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman a deep, detailed, enthusiastic, and original take on what's up with AI from an open source angle. It's an interesting discussion on FLOSS Weekly. Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman Guest: David Sifry Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get ep...

Jun 14, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 736

FLOSS Weekly 735: FLOSS Without Borders - Ahmed Sobeh, Open Source in Developing Countries

Engineering Manager at Aiven, Ahmed Sobeh joins Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb on FLOSS Weekly . What new stuff is happening with open source development? Look to the developing world. That's what Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb learn from Ahmed Sobeh in a show packed with insights. Hosts: Doc Searls and Aaron Newcomb Guest: Ahmed Sobeh Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly ? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lu...

Jun 07, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 735

FLOSS Weekly 734: Organic Maps - Roman Tsisyk, Organic Maps

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk with Roman Tsisyk, founder and top maintainer of Organic Maps, an extremely active and exciting open source project for people who like or need to travel off line and in privacy. Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman Guest: Roman Tsisyk Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly ? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for o...

May 31, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 734

FLOSS Weekly 733: Open Source Science - Tim Bonnemann, Open Source Science

Doc Searls and Dan Lynch talk with Tim Bonneman about how to help open-source science follow the road to success paved by open-source software development and build on lots of interesting and exciting work already going on. Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch Guest: Tim Bonnemann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv . Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our ...

May 24, 20231 hr 10 minEp. 733
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