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

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.

Pulling the Strings · Javier Perez

July 26, 202435m 12s

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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

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