About the show
Sustain brings together practitioners, sustainers, funders, researchers and maintainers of the open source ecosystem. We have conversations about the health and sustainability of the open source community. We learn about the ins and outs of what ‘open source’ entails in the real world. Open source means so much more than a license; we're interested in talking about how to make sure that the culture of open source continues, grows, and ultimately, sustains itself.
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Episodes
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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.
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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 186: Yan Minagawa & Christian Paul at FOSS Backstage 2023
June 20th, 2023 | 22 mins 49 secs
Yan and Christian talk about what the Matrix Project is, their roles in the project, and how they are involved in organizing meetups and podcasts about the Matrix.
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Episode 185: Daniel Stenberg on the cURL project
June 16th, 2023 | 37 mins 25 secs
Daniel shares about the cURL project, its long history and current sustainability, and his project growth aspirations.
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Episode 184: Omotola Eunice Omotayo & Jan Ainali at FOSS Backstage 2023
June 13th, 2023 | 33 mins 36 secs
Omotola talks about the number of applications Outreachy received and the huge open-source community in Africa and OSCA. Jan discusses Governance Game, a card game created by publiccode.net, designed to encourage discussion about governance in open-source code bases.
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Episode 183: Nahuai Badiola on WordPress, W3C, and all of tech sustainability
June 9th, 2023 | 34 mins 57 secs
Nahuai tells us the importance of sustainability in different contexts, the W3C Sustainability Working Group, and his project called Doughnut Economics.
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Episode 182: Wolfgang Gehring & Ana Jiménez at FOSS Backstage
June 6th, 2023 | 38 mins 9 secs
Wolfgang discusses the importance of open source at Mercedes-Benz and how large industries use and evangelize open source. Ana talks about the importance of educating non-tech audiences on open source.
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Episode 181: John Robb of React Flow on how we ask for money in open source
June 2nd, 2023 | 36 mins 55 secs
John talks about React Flow, paying and supporting diverse contributors, establishing boundaries for a safe environment, and autonomy over endless growth.
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Episode 180: Gregor Bransky at FOSS Backstage 2023
May 30th, 2023 | 23 mins 47 secs
Gregor discusses his role as a board member for the present policy of the Innovation Council Public Health, an NGO that developed digital tools to fight COVID-19.
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Episode 179: Maintainer Month with GitHub's Martin Woodward
May 26th, 2023 | 41 mins 50 secs
Martin shares the story behind Maintainer Month, his role in supporting open-source maintainers and helping them succeed with GitHub, and strategies for setting expectations for senior management and funders.