Keynote in English - US at Longhorn PHP 2025
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Main Ballroom
Short URL: https://joind.in/talk/175f4
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Open source software is ubiquitous. We fought for its acceptance, and we won. So, why doesn't it feel that way? Why does the win feel so hollow?
With many projects foregoing traditional open source licenses for "source-available" licenses, is open source dead? Are we in a post-open source era?
To find out how we got here, let's look back to the beginnings of the free software movement to discover what made it a movement and not a corporate strategy. We'll consider whether open source has exchanged its jeans and t-shirt in favor of khakis and blue, button-up shirt. More importantly, we'll examine whether this is a greater cultural phenomenon, what it means for the future of software development, and how we can save open source.
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Excellent history of open source (going all the way back to Ada Lovelace) and a powerful message looking towards the future. I saw the original version of this talk and loved it, but this one was even better!
Always a good time when Ben Ramsey's class is in session. It was a fun overview of the history of Open Source and a look into the future.
Good diagnostic of the problem. Would love to have spent more time discussing and chewing on possible solutions. "Be more community" is good, but how do we get there?
Excellent closing keynote. It was interesting to learn about the history of open source. Thanks!
I too loved the history of the talk, I went and downloaded an EPUB of the programming book mentioned. I found it enjoyable because I also learned to program (on a TI-83+ graphing calculator) by copying programs from a book.
The talk was a bit rushed at the end, prob because conference was drawing to a close, but I didn't catch much about "how" we're supposed to save open source. I hadn't heard of src-avail licenses until this talk, but wouldn't-you-know I came across my first one yesterday. I'm not sure I love it, either.