Reasons Why You Have to Work Upstream

If you do open source right, you get a lot of benefits, both as an individual and as a company or orgnization. On the other hand, misconceptions about open source often lead to bad decisions, where everyone in the ecosystem suffers.

Hear from experienced members of the ecosystem who you need to get involved, what to look out for, and how to approach your involvement the right way!

In this episode:

• Amanda Brock lists some of the biggest benefits of getting involved in open source as an individual, such as access to knowledge and new information first hand.
• Wayne Starr has been working on oepn source projects as part of his job for years. He shares his experience with different configurations to allocate his time to upstream work, which has been ranging from 100% all the way down to 20%.
• Clare Dillon shares a story to highlight how budget allocations can discourage teams within companies from collaborating, and how to approach this challenge when it arises.
• Stephen Walli explains the challenges the open source ecosystem is facing when approaching to secure the software supply chain, and examples to efforts to address them.
• Gregory Kurtzer introduces Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA), and talks about the importance of having non-profit organizations to protect open source software and communities.

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