Software supply chain security has been on the top of minds lately, for a very good reason. With most steps depending on digital infrastructure, there are a lot of opportunities for cyber attacks to happen. At the same time, there is an often silent mistrust in open source software, because it is designed and developed in public environments. People think that because everyone can see the source code, and is aware of some of the bugs in it that aren't fixed yet, it somehow gives them the upper h...
Jul 08, 2025•10 min
The recent times in open source have been bringing some changes, which connects back to governments' recognition of the importance to protect the cyber space. As modern life depends more and more on connected digital infrastructure, cybersecurity has become the center of attention, and concern. All digital products and services depend on open source software to varying extent, which brings open source into the spotlight, and highlights everyone's responsibilities in maintaining not just their ow...
Jun 24, 2025•56 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Open source isn't just for software developers. In fact, there is a large legal community that is focusing on licenses, intellectual property, legislations and more to understand how these all apply to open source, and what is enforceable and how. However, law and legislations develop and evolve on a very different pace than technology and open source, which makes the intersection of these areas rather tricky. Have you faced any challenges throughout your journey? In this My Open Source Experien...
Jun 10, 2025•52 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Maintaining a local fork of an open source project is like maintaining an illusion. It only gives momentarily control and becomes expensive to keep up over time. Have you experienced that already? This My Open Source Experience podcast episode evolves around this topic and explores why and how to invest in open source projects, including how to pick which ones to rely on, what to consider when setting up your organizational structure, and why avoid maintaining local forks. - Austen Bryan covers ...
May 27, 2025•50 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Open source investment and involvement are still considered risky and expensive, even though there are individuals, companies and studies that say the opposite. What's your take on this? In this My Open Source Experience podcast episode Ildiko and Phil explore corporate involvement in the Linux kernel community with Greg Kroah-Hartman. Greg has been a long-term Linux kernel contributor and maintainer, being responsible for the stable branches. Greg had both personal interest in getting involved,...
May 13, 2025•46 min•Season 2Ep. 18
We often talk about collaboration in the context of open source, or at least externally to a company with partner organizations. However, especially in larger corporations, cross-team work is just as important as the teamwork itself. Working with other teams is often more complicated than it needs to be, for various reasons. These teams could be in different countries, or the company's structure might not allow them to work together efficiently. What can you do to fix that? In this episode of th...
Apr 29, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 17
If you want your company to be successful you need to deliver value to your customers or you do'n't have a business. Using open source software is appealing, since the source code is available online free of charge. However, as much as it is available to you it is also available to others. So, what's your differentiator? What's your business value? In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Austen Bryan, Ildiko and Phil dig into the challenges of incorporating open source into busi...
Apr 15, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Building a business strategy is hard in general, and when open source becomes part of the equation it can get even more challenging. In the recent past there were multiple examples of companies changing the license on their open source project to something less or not at all open. This is often harmful to the companies themselves and the pattern is always harmful tot he open source ecosystem. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Gregory Kurtzer and Kelsey Hightower share thei...
Apr 01, 2025•43 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In this segment of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Kelsey Hightower shares his current adventures, which includes a home improvement project. As Kelsey is now advising startups, rather than working in 9-5 jobs, he highlights the importance to keep your energy and drive, no matter when you retire, and how someone can't stop sharing once they started. While Kelsey talks about his adventures to install new bidets in his house, he also drives analogies to software development and decision mak...
Apr 01, 2025•13 min
By definition, open source projects and communities are supposed to be accessible. And while the code is always openly available, the remaining parts of the ecosystem might be further out of reach than you would think In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, Michael Dexter, Ildiko and Phil explore the open source ecosystem from two perspectives: business and accessibility. Businesses rely on open source software, soemtimes unknowinlgy, all around the globe as digital infrastruct...
Mar 18, 2025•48 min•Season 2Ep. 14
When people get introduced to open source later in their life and career it can be a bigger adjustment that is hard to do, and that's when individuals start to struggle. When you introduce open source in a large organization, the effect multiples very quickly. This My Open Source Experience podcast episode is diving into the stories and effects of getting introduced to open source in different stages of people's lives and in various circumstances: - Samson Goddy talks about his experience with o...
Mar 04, 2025•42 min•Season 2Ep. 13
As humanity progresses, our dependency on digital infrastructure is growing and is now at a level where most of us cannot exist without it, it is part of our everyday life and our livelihood depends on it. Open Source is a fundamental building block, and yet, awareness and opportunities still seem to gravitate towards a few geographical regions. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Ildiko and Phil are chatting with Samson Goddy. Samson got in touch with technology through a ...
Feb 18, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 12
When people talk about open source and government in the same sentence, it is most often about legislations, regulations and some kind of complaint along these lines. Some governments are still learning about the concept, while others decided to just jump right in. In this My Open Source Experience podcast episode Federico Gonzalez Waite talks about his years working for the Mexican government, which included introducing open source technologies and growing the adoption of open source both withi...
Feb 04, 2025•46 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Getting involved and investing time and resources into upstream projects can be a complicated decision and process for individuals and companies alike. Have you experienced this already? In this episode of the MOSE podcast, Kelsey Hightower talks about his open source journey, and shares tips and tricks to ensure a successful and sustainable engagement in the ecosystem. He has a versatile background, as he's been an enterprenour, a full-time employee, and creator and contributor of open source p...
Jan 21, 2025•52 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Ildiko and Phil kick off 2025 in this My Open Source Experience podcast episode! Learn more about: - The Cyber Resiliency Act (CRA), a new EU legislation affecting the open source ecosystem, that landed in 2024 - The newly released 1.0 version of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) - Open-source-focused conferences to add to your schedule in 2025 - A sneak peek into the rest of Season 2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 14, 2025•46 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this MOSE Short Nithya Ruff, Ildiko and Phil talk about the importance of motivation, which applies to open source projects just as much as everything else that people get involved in. Many open source projects have trainings and onboarding materials to help newcomers to get involved, and stay involved. Many people stumble onto these resources and start using them, but they rarely stick around without a purpose to become part of that particular community. Get inspiration from the group to mak...
Jan 07, 2025•3 min
In this MOSE Short segment Emily Lovell talks about her experience teaching at different academic institutions, both large and small. A small teaching school provides opportunities to be more agile and move faster to figure out what works best for students as well as the faculti, and to make it happen. Classes tend to be smaller, and students can often get a more hands on experience. Large, top-tier research-impact universities proivde an amazing platform to reach people to work with, along with...
Dec 31, 2024•4 min
If you do open source right, you get a lot of benefits, both as an individual and as a company or orgnization. On the other hand, misconceptions about open source often lead to bad decisions, where everyone in the ecosystem suffers. Hear from experienced members of the ecosystem who you need to get involved, what to look out for, and how to approach your involvement the right way! In this episode: Amanda Brock lists some of the biggest benefits of getting involved in open source as an individual...
Dec 17, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Governments around the globe have been recognizing that open source code is a core dependency in every modern software solution. Whether or not it is a good thing that is still a question. But one thing is for sure, if you are involved in an open source project or selling a product or service that depends on one, this will affect you! In the commercial world, when something goes wrong with a product or service that a company provides, the company is liable for damages. So, what happens when a so...
Dec 03, 2024•48 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Gregory Kurtzer shares his experience in creating and guiding multiple open source Linux operating system projects. Have you ever wondered why there are multiple Linux distro projects in the open source ecosystem? What goes into creating a distro once you have access to the kernel? Gregory shares his experience creating multiple projects, and shares how the motivation and process were different every time. Also, have you thought about wha...
Nov 19, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 6
We can establish that if you are using any (semi-)modern digital infrastructure or applications, then you are depending on open source software. Have you ever thought about that as actual dependency? Considering that you are not neglecting the building blocks of the software solutions that you are creating and selling, why do you do that with your open source dependencies? Learn more about why you have to invest in open source projects and how to decide what level of involvement you should have ...
Nov 05, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Have you ever wished your company was moving faster with developing new solutions? Or, that maintaining software wasn't such a huge burden? In this My Open Source Experience podcast episode Ildiko and Phil are talking to Wayne Starr. Wayne shares his experiences, related to open source throughout his career up until today. From discovering FOSS as a kid, through working for the U.S. Air Force to joining Defense Unicorns for the specific reason of working on open source software full time, which ...
Oct 22, 2024•52 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Did you know that collaborative software development existed before the term 'open source'? Do you know what important role open source foundations play in the ecosystem? Do you understand the difference bewteen 'upstream project' and 'downstream product', and why it matters? In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Stephen Walli talks about how software development, and the various industries depending on it, have been evolving. Stephen shares the process of creating an open so...
Oct 08, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Did you know that you don't need to work in a public environment to practice open source methods and practices? It's called InnerSource, and your company can start practicing it today! Just like open source, InnerSource also has its rules and practices, which you will need to follow if you want to succeed. For example: - You might need a license for your InnerSource project - Just because it's internal, it doesn't mean your project doesn't need to be advertised - Building a community around your...
Sep 24, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast kicks off Season 2! Ildiko and Phil talk about news and highlights of what happened in the open source landscape in 2024, focusing on the time period since the last episode of Season 1. They also share what topics are coming in Season 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 17, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Did you know that you will need to spend more time and effort doing code reviews before using AI-generated code? AI is heavily utilized in work environments already, it enhances efficiency and productivity. But, it can also be an increased risk factor in your company or open source project, if you are not careful. In this MOSE Short segment, Aeva Black, Ildiko and Phil talk about the risks that come with using AI, if people try to cut corners and trust the tool blindly. For example, have you eve...
Sep 10, 2024•8 min
You made the decision to invest in open source and tackle working upstream. Have you figured out how to manage your team's allocation between working int he community versus on your products and services? In this MOSE Short, Allison Randal, Ildiko and Phil talk about a frequently applied model to divide people's times between the various work items and methods, to ensure that they are plugged into the open source project and keeping the company's priorities in mind at the same time. You will lea...
Sep 03, 2024•7 min
In this MOSE Short Nithya Ruff, Ildiko and Phil talk about gains and growth that individuals get involved in open source communities, which then also benefit their employer, if they are participating on behalf of a company. The group discusses skill development, both soft and tech skills that people pick up in communities without ever going to trainings, and also touches on academia, mentorship programs and how participating in open source communities can change students' lives and set them up f...
Aug 27, 2024•5 min
In this MOSE Short segment Stefano Maffulli, Ildiko and Phil talk about the early days of the OpenStack community. With one dominant contributing company at the beginning, it was important to put careful planning and effort into setting up the community to be able to grow and diversify. That included an open governance, and what you might expect less, a marketing budget! It is key to bring the technology and artifacts a community is working on to the people who would use them. This is where mark...
Aug 20, 2024•4 min
In this MOSE Short, Uriel Ofir, Ildiko and Phil touch on how important roles that go beyond code development, are to open source communities. Making the code work is the first step towards the success of a project, however, making it sustainable and long lasting takes much more than that! A project's success depends highly on the ecosystem around it, which includes users and contributors alike. To grow your ecosystem, you need people who create content to spread the word about your project. As y...
Aug 13, 2024•5 min
