Episode Archive

259 episodes of Sustain since the first episode, which aired on August 6th, 2019.

  • Episode 198: FOSSY 2023 with Aaron Wolf

    September 8th, 2023  |  20 mins 11 secs

    Aaron talks about Snowdrift's journey, challenges, recent milestone, and its current standing as a debt-free entity with a dedicated team.

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    Episode 197: FOSSY 2023 with Joe Castle

    September 1st, 2023  |  19 mins 42 secs

    Explore Joe's insights on corporate open source motivations and sustainability, and SAS's balance of financial incentives with community engagement.

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    Episode 196: FOSSY 2023 with Vagrant Cascadian

    August 25th, 2023  |  14 mins 30 secs

    Vagrant walks us through his role at Reproducible Builds and how its mission changes the face of Linux distros, Arch Linux, openSUSE, and F-Droid.

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    Episode 195: FOSSY 2023 with Denver Gingerich

    August 18th, 2023  |  17 mins 3 secs

    Denver discusses JMP's goal to make phone numbers as flexible as emails, his role at Software Freedom Conservancy, and software compliance controversies.

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    Episode 194: FOSSY 2023 with Timmy Barnett & Devin Ulibarri

    August 11th, 2023  |  16 mins 34 secs

    Devin and Timmy discuss Music Blocks, a creative software for music education, enabling exploration of concepts and composition from scratch.

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    Episode 193: FOSSY 2023 with Matthew Wild & Stephen Paul Weber

    August 4th, 2023  |  16 mins 32 secs

    Matthew discusses Snikket, improving XMPP for friendly communication while Stephen presents JMP, easing transitions from other platforms using XMPP.

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    Episode 192: FOSSY 2023 with Erik Benner

    July 28th, 2023  |  17 mins 21 secs

    Erik of Mythics discusses the challenges of transitioning open-source software to government departments and the need for technical and cultural support in sustaining open source in the public sector.

  • Episode 191: FOSSY 2023 with Sam Whited

    July 21st, 2023  |  15 mins 25 secs

    Sam delves into the sustainability challenges faced by Mellium and similar projects, and his advocacy for support from larger companies and well-funded open-source initiatives.

  • Episode 190: Karen M. Sandler on Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)

    July 7th, 2023  |  38 mins 19 secs

    Karen discusses her SFC role, Copyleft licenses' significance, diversity initiative called Outreachy & her personal defibrillator pacemaker encounter, stressing the necessity for greater technological control.

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    Episode 189: Otto Richter on Codeberg

    June 30th, 2023  |  37 mins 16 secs

    Otto dives into Codeberg's financial model, user sovereignty commitment, unique open-source hosting approach, and the challenges & triumphs running a tech nonprofit.

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    Episode 188: Maintainer Month with Ruth Cheesley & Josh Goldberg

    June 27th, 2023  |  36 mins 56 secs

    Ruth reveals her project on Mautic's sustainability & the impact of transparency & empowering leaders in the Mautic community. Josh talks about boosting developer efficiency & advocating fair compensation.

  • Episode 187: Karthik Ram on Research Software Sustainability

    June 23rd, 2023  |  41 mins 38 secs

    Karthik dives into his involvement with URSSI, focusing on software development best practices while highlighting the challenges of scientific software sustainability.