Request For Commits

Request For Commits

21 episodes

Request For Commits explored different perspectives in open source sustainability (retired). Hosts Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers dive deep into the trials and tribulations of being an open source maintainer, building communities, and navigating the business side of software. Common topics include software licensing, copyright, documentation, governance models, funding platforms such as Open Collective, Kickstarter, etc., measuring success, and more.

Podcasts

Finale, thank you!

Published: March 21, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 31 seconds

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Design, software, and open source

Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 17 seconds

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Maintaining a popular project and sponsored time

Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 12 seconds

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Experiments and the Economics of Open Source

Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 41 seconds

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Open Source History, Foundations, Sustainability

Published: Nov. 22, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 33 seconds

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Maintaining a Popular Project and Managing Burnout

Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 44 seconds

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Documentation and Quitting Open Source

Published: Oct. 20, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 16 seconds

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Open source and supercomputers (Spack)

Published: July 12, 2017, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 37 seconds

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Crowdfunding Open Source (Vue.js)

Published: June 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 24 seconds

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BONUS Behind the Scenes of Season 1 and 2

Published: Dec. 22, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 24 seconds

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Funding the Web

Published: Nov. 22, 2016, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 24 seconds

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Finding New Contributors

Published: Nov. 15, 2016, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 23 seconds

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Open source and licensing

Published: Nov. 4, 2016, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Open Source and Business

Published: Oct. 18, 2016, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 9 seconds

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Liberal Contribution and Governance Models

Published: Sept. 8, 2016, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 16 seconds

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Grant Funding: What Happens When You Pay for Open Source Work?

Published: Sept. 1, 2016, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 14 seconds

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Documentation and the Value of Non-Code Contributions

Published: Aug. 25, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 48 seconds

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Building Communities

Published: Aug. 18, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 9 seconds

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Measuring Success in Open Source

Published: Aug. 11, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Open Source, Then and Now (Part 2)

Published: Aug. 4, 2016, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 38 seconds

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Open Source, Then and Now (Part 1)

Published: Aug. 4, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 31 seconds

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