Abby founded and led Mozilla Open Leaders which mentored over 600 open projects, a thought leader in open source as a keynoter and speaker at major international events such as OSCON, StrangeLoop, SciPy and EuroSciPy. She built various open science prototypes as lead developer for Mozilla Science and lead developer for WormBase. She is a current and past member of a variety of committees and editorial boards including the Journal of Open Source Software, and the Mozilla Open Source Support Awards, featured in 100 Awesome Women in Open Source, GitHub's State of the Octoverse, and Faces of Open Source.
Abigail Cabunoc Mayes has hosted nine Episodes.
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Episode 266: Sustain OSS Virtual Event: Recap!
April 18th, 2025 | 22 mins 11 secs
Join Richard, Eriol Fox, Allen “Gunner” Gunn, Leslie Hawthorne, and Abby Cabunoc Mayes as they explore the current state of open source sustainability and what lies ahead.
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Episode 262: Brian Muenzenmeyer on Approachable Open Source
January 3rd, 2025 | 33 mins 7 secs
Brian talks about his book, Approachable Open Source, emphasizing diverse contributions and inclusive paths in open source.
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Episode 260: Robert Douglass and contributing as a corporation to OSS
December 13th, 2024 | 32 mins 55 secs
Robert Douglass delves into his history with Drupal, the new Drupal Certified Partner Program, and helping the RFP process along.
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Episode 248: Lorenzo Sciandra and Mirko Swillus on STF's "Fellowship for Maintainers" Program
September 20th, 2024 | 35 mins 18 secs
Lorenzo and Mirko of STF dive into the "Fellowship for Maintainers" program's goals to support solo maintainers, offer mentorship, and enhance global open-source sustainability.
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Episode 213: Chad Whitacre on Sponsoring $500,000 to Open Source
December 22nd, 2023 | 38 mins 8 secs
Chad highlights Sentry's open-source sponsorship of half a million dollars this year. He introduces the FOSS Funder group encouraging corporate support, and shares a unique business card approach leaving a community impact.
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Episode 210: Dr. Bryan Behrenshausen on GitLab
December 1st, 2023 | 33 mins 17 secs
Bryan highlights GitLab's support for open source via GitLab for Open Source & GitLab Open Source Partners, and emphasizes transparent documentation, and policies for open-source success.
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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 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.
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Episode 171: Chris Baker & Stephen Jacobs on Open@RIT
April 28th, 2023 | 40 mins 56 secs
Stephen and Chris talk about their OSPO at RIT, how to help students deal with diverse incentives in open source and academia, and the importance of role diversity in software development