Listen "HOSB: Open Source Growth & Adoption, Event Strategy, OSS Regulation & Funding, & Licensing W/Peter Zaitsev"
Episode Synopsis
Buckle up the one, and only Peter Zaitsev is back, talking to us from the State of Open Con in London! Peter gives listeners insight into which conferences he attends, how to get chosen to speak, how to grow the adoption at an open source company, shares his thoughts on licensing, and more. He also answers questions like should the government regulate #opensource? Should maintainers be sponsored and funded with public money?00:00:00 Intro: Coming Up00:00:32 From SOOCon23: Welcome Peter Zaitsev to the show00:02:39 How does Peter choose which conferences to attend?00:04:22 As an executive, how much time do you spend going to conferences?00:05:55 Lots of conferences you can attend, but which ones are valuable?00:07:03 Advice: How to get chosen to speak at a conference00:11:29 Avoiding the sales pitch conference talk: submit talks that solve a problem00:13:35 Renegade Underdogs: Peter's new venture into helping founders and open source projects00:17:47 The most common questions from founders center on how to accelerate growth00:20:09 Classic Open Source Business Problem: millions of users and no one will pay for anything00:22:34 Open source licenses00:23:42 Many projects start off as an underwhelming product, but bring an X factor that makes them successful00:25:49 Setting the proper expectations for your open source business, growth, and adoption00:27:39 Government regulation and funding in open source00:29:17 What would it even mean to regulate open source?00:32:42 Paying Maintainers, giving grants, or subsidies00:37:53 Back to open source licenses, lets deep dive this time: do we need more open source licenses?00:48:01 AGPL: good or bad?00:52:29 Good Bye!Checkout our other interviews, clips, and videos: https://l.hosbp.com/YoutubeDon’t forget to visit the open-source business community at: https://opensourcebusiness.community/Visit our primary sponsor, Scarf, for tools to help analyze your #opensource growth and adoption: https://about.scarf.sh/Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite app:Spotify: https://l.hosbp.com/SpotifyApple: https://l.hosbp.com/AppleGoogle: https://l.hosbp.com/GoogleBuzzsprout: https://l.hosbp.com/Buzzsprout
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