32: Open Source Sustainability

Eric and Brandon jump and their soap box this episode to address the critical issues surrounding open source development, ongoing lifecycle management, securing the supply chain, and monetizing developers time. Destination Linux Network (https://destinationlinux.network) Sudo Show Website (https://sudo.show) Sponsor: Bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com/dln) Sponsor: Digital Ocean (https://do.co/dln-mongo) Sudo Show Swag (https://sudo.show/swag) Contact Us: DLN Discourse (https://sudo.show/discuss) Email Us! (mailto:contact@sudo.show) Sudo Matrix Room (https://sudo.show/matrix) Elementary AppCenter (https://appcenter.elementary.io) Tidelift: Finding #5: More than half of maintainers have quit or considered quitting, and here’s why. (https://blog.tidelift.com/finding-5-more-than-half-of-maintainers-have-quit-or-considered-quitting-and-heres-why) Linux.Com: Measuring the Health of Open Source Communities (Blog) (https://www.linux.com/news/measuring-the-health-of-open-source-communities) MongoDB Switches Up Its Open Source License (https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/16/mongodb-switches-up-its-open-source-license/) Twitter: Brandon's Thread (https://twitter.com/dbrandonjohnson/status/1412608646882549761?s=20) Ars Technica: No, Open Source Audacity Audio Editor Is Not Spyware (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/no-open-source-audacity-audio-editor-is-not-spyware/) Joplin Notes (https://joplinapp.org) Open Collective (https://opencollective.com) Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:42 Welcome 01:30 Sponsor - Digital Ocean 02:34 Sponsor - Bitwarden 04:03 The Open Source Problem 10:47 MongoDB and Elastic Search 15:19 Just Fork It 21:18 Development Isn't Just a Hobby 31:47 How Do We Fix FOSS? 41:07 Wrap Up