Episode 137: A How-to Guide for Contributing to Open Source as an Employee, for Corporations

September 9th, 2022  |  38 mins 2 secs

Richard, Deb, Alyssa, Josep, and Duane go through work they presented at OSPOCon in Austin, furthering the Sustain Principles of Authentic Participation WG

Episode 124: Julia Ferraioli on Open Source Stories, and Responsible Recognition for Open Source Contributions

June 10th, 2022  |  40 mins 26 secs

Julia shares about her background, what Open Source Stories is, and how she quantifies a black swan open source.

Episode 94: Josh Montgomery and the Patent Trolls

October 8th, 2021  |  30 mins 21 secs

Josh Montgomery, cofounder of Mycroft AI, joins us to talk about creating an open source voice assistant, and to talk in depth about patents, patent trolls, and how they are unsustainable in the long term.

Episode 86: Kavita Kapoor and HFOSS: Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software

July 23rd, 2021  |  36 mins 45 secs

Kavita Kapoor joins us for a chat about the Federation of Humanitarian Technologists, which she cofounded with previous guest Mike Nolan, as well as how to teach open source, and how to live your mission and values!

Episode 79: Leah Silen on how NumFocus helps makes scientific code more sustainable

June 4th, 2021  |  35 mins 44 secs

Today, our special guest is Leah Silen, who is the Executive Director of NumFOCUS. She has been the primary driver behind the organization and execution of its programs including fiscal sponsorship, the PyData event series, and DEI initiatives.

Episode 77: Jordan Harband: Being a Sustainable Maintainer of Hundreds of Projects

May 14th, 2021  |  41 mins 11 secs

Episode 75: Deb Nicholson on the OSI, the future of open source, and SeaGL

April 23rd, 2021  |  33 mins 50 secs

floss, osi, seagl

Deb Nicholson, interim ED for the OSI, joins us to talk about the future of open source, how to OSI is growing and adapting, and about her involvement with SeaGL.

Episode 74: Jory Burson of OpenJS on building sustainable open source communities

April 9th, 2021  |  33 mins 35 secs

Jory Burson, Community Director of OpenJS, joins us to talk about building sustainable and welcoming open source communities, and on the future of MDN!

Episode 73: Anna Pojawis and Tyler Maran on using Bounties for Open Source Software

April 2nd, 2021  |  37 mins 49 secs

Episode 72: Eriol Fox on Open Source Design and Sustain

March 22nd, 2021  |  41 mins 26 secs

Eriol Fox, long-time Sustain community member, joins us to talk about the intersection between design and open source

Episode 70: Avi Press and Scarf

March 5th, 2021  |  34 mins 6 secs

Avi Press, CEO and Founder of Scarf, comes on to talk about how Scarf helps open-source developers distribute their software with better observability and control, helping maintainers understand how their work is being used and connect with their commercial end-users, leading to a more sustainable ecosystem.

Episode 68: Introducing FundOSS.org: A new way of funding open source, by Gitcoin x Sustain

February 19th, 2021  |  32 mins 38 secs

We're introducing a new fund for open source maintainers using quadratic funding!