There is so much to talk about, but I have all these links that have been piling up, so this will be a link-heavy issue.
First, if you missed my talk with my wonderful co-workers Tammy and Sam, which I promoted in the last issue, you can watch it below ⤵️ I want to thank the OSI and especially Nick, Ian, and Stefano for encouraging me to submit a CFP.
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I recently had the chance to write and produce a podcast episode for SustainOSS. Currently, it's the 3rd most downloaded episode (out of ~205). It's kind of a flex but also kind of a "if you haven't listened to it, consider it!" 😎
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For those who don't know who Chad Whitacre is, well, you should. He is an OG when it comes to funding open source. He started Gittip/Gratipay in the early 2010s and now has funded close to every open source dependency Sentry (his employer) uses. It has definitely inspired me to increase Sourcegraph's budget.
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After listening to this episode of Jamstack w/ bdougie, I am excited to be meeting with Birk next week to talk about how Polar can help my org fund open source.
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This one is controversial. Part of me agrees part of me disagrees. Either way, it (relicensing) will be coming up more and more in the future.
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That's it for the edition.