Open Source
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This new track will support the space between technical talks, policy talks and careers and entrepreneurship. It is the space to deep dive into open source issues that impact community and its future, from the imbalance we currently face between those creating and maintaining code to the challenges of monetisation of open source software. Business models, community growth and participation, all the open source topics that do not fit into other tracks will be considered here. We look forward to this enabling a healthy debate around topics such as the maturation of open source – it is 30 this year – and how it will evolve. Not only how monetisation of open source occurs but whether open source can be used for successful business models; challenges of single vendor sponsors; the place of foundations; paying maintainers; categorisation of open source as a digital public good; encouraging community contribution and growing a healthy community; and much, much more.
As with all tracks in 2024, this track will include AI openness and the benefits and challenges of this relevant to track topics.
This year’s CFP is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted content this year. Our CFP Committees are busy reviewing all of the submissions and we aim to announce the conference schedule by 15th December.
