Hardware Podcasts

Open Source Anti-Patterns with Kelsey Hightower

Oxide and Friends · 29 Aug 2023 · 1h 38m · Episode 25

What this episode covers

Kelsey Hightower, known for his work on Kubernetes and CoreOS, joins Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal to discuss corporate open source anti-patterns, focusing on the shift from proprietary-born companies to open-born ones like HashiCorp. Hightower argues that sustainability, clear governance, and explicit leadership are critical, citing the HashiCorp relicensing of Terraform and Vault as a failure to maintain trust with the community. The conversation covers the importance of foundations like the CNCF for IP clarity, the necessity of extension APIs to manage community contributions, and the ethical responsibility of companies to treat contributors with respect rather than viewing them as 'malicious' freeloaders.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
CoreOS, HashiCorp, Google, Puppet Labs, Oxide Computer Company
Products
Kubernetes, Terraform, Vault, Docker, OpenStack, Nginx, Let's Encrypt
Also
CNCF, Linux Foundation, Go, Swift, Python, Rust

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