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FOSDEM event "The Death of Openness and Freedom?"

Matt Yonkovit

Type maintrack

Open Source Under Attack

Starts on day 1 (2021-02-06) at 12:15 (Brussels time, UTC+1) in room Community (duration 00:45)

Matrix room #community:fosdem.org

2020 was a very bad year for most of us, under the shadow of all that was going on there was a troubling trend we all need to be aware of: the erosion of the classic open source model and values. For years vendors have been slowly chipping away at the freedom and openness provided by open source, this year saw unprecedented changes to how people view and value OSS. From licensing changes to as a service exclusive, what was open is no longer. Is this being driven solely by the cloud? or is this purely corporate greed and others viewing open Source as a successful business model to replicate? Let's not only discuss but bring to light the trouble trends that threaten open source projects and development as we know it.

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