Re-licensing, forks, and community impact

24/11/2024 35 min Episodio 35
Re-licensing, forks, and community impact

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In this episode, we talk to Dawn Foster (Director of Data Science at the CHAOSS Project) on re-licensing of major #opensource projects over the past decade and potential impact on community health. The case-study data: https://github.com/chaoss/wg-data-science/tree/main/dataset/license-changes/fork-case-study More details about the organizational dynamics in OSS: https://chaoss.community/practitioner-guide-organizational-participation/Discussion on the topic by James Governor, Amanda Brock, and Dawn Foster:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wliDVF3FpI0 Business implications/financial analysis: https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2024/08/26/software-licensing-changes-and-their-impact-on-financial-outcomes/ Magic Roundabout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hempstead)  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected].————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern applications with a streamlined tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single database.————————— Developer resources —————————💫TiDB Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiDB_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/quick-start-with-tidb💫TiDB in #Kubernetes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb-in-kubernetes/stable————————— Connect with PingCAP —————————🔹Twitter: https://twitter.com/PingCAP🔹LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/pingcap🔹Facebook: https://facebook.com/pingcap2015🔹Slack: https://slack.tidb.io/invite?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap