At #FOSSback this year, I gave two talks, Using the commons without causing a tragedy, and How to self-assess your codebase towards the Standard for Public Code. Here are both videos and the accompanying slides.
And now the video of my talk "Using the Commons without causing a tragedy " is released! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRpcF7URtnY
Slides with all the links you are seeing on-screen are at https://aina.li/backstage2025/
#FOSSback #DigitalCommons
The image from my regular talk at #FOSSback, that I also like, caught me in an even more concerned look. I don't remember which part of the talk this is from, I remember it as being more uplifting :)
Photo Jan Michalko, CC BY-SA 4.0
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newthinking_de/54386742552/in/album-72177720324365933
I like this photo of me at #FOSSback, it really conveys the urgency I had in my lightning talk. Photo Jan Michalko, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/newthinking_de/54379097257/in/album-72177720324365933
And here is the full talk: "Digital Sovereignty and Open Source". Really worth listening to! #FOSSback #OpenSource https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StdX1DqlPO4
During my presentation at the recently concluded FOSS Backstage 2025, I highlighted how internet shutdowns are a significant barrier to the adoption of open source software in Africa.
We urgently need innovative solutions to address this issue and foster a more conducive environment for open source growth.
Last, but not least: Tobias Bernard @tbernard is a member of the @gnome design team, and part of the team on the project to improve accessibility, tooling, and security for the Linux desktop ecosystem commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Fund: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/gnome
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Jan Kowalleck is a #SovereignTechFellow and works on software supply chain standards, including as maintainer of OWASP CycloneDX: https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-sovereign-tech-fellows#jan-kowalleck
Florian Scholz @floscholz is director at Open Web Docs @openwebdocs a project documenting accurate compatibility data for web technologies that was selected for the #ContributeBackChallenges: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/open-web-docs
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Florent Zara @flzara is Open Source Services Team Lead at @EclipseFdn with which we recently announced an investment for two key initiatives to improve security, transparency, and vulnerability management: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/eclipse-foundation
Neal Walfield @nwalfield works on @sequoiapgp, a Rust implementation of OpenPGP which the Sovereign Tech Fund started investing in during our pilot round, and later as well: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/sequoia-pgp-2023 3/ #FOSSBack
Hugo van Kemenade @hugovk a Sovereign Tech Fellow and core Python team member @ThePSF https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-sovereign-tech-fellows#hugo-van-kemenade
Jarek Potiuk @jarekpotiuk is a committer and PMC member of Apache Airflow, a project selected for the #ContributeBackChallenges: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/airflow
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Welcome Daniel Izquierdo giving a talk on #innersource at the @FOSSBackstage fringe InnerSource Gathering in Berlin
Trying to capture my notes on #FOSSBackstage #FOSSBack from the last two days for internal sharing.
Realizing I need to take better notes during the event itself :-)
Giving a talk on #innersource at @dbsystel - thank you for the insights Carsten Hoffmann during the InnerSource Gathering located next to @FOSSBackstage
Optimizing the contributor journey - @dellagustin talking at the @FOSSBackstage fringe event #innersource gathering in Berlin today.
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The open source and InnerSource story of the @BBCRD shared here in Berlin @FOSSBackstage during the #innersource Gathering - thank you Tom Sadler for taking us on that journey!
@FOSSBackstage Thank you for another awesome FOSS Backstage event, such a great couple of days! #FOSSBack #FOSSBackstage
FOSS Backstage 2025 - It's a wrap!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the seventh edition of FOSS Backstage in Berlin.
Check out our new blog post in which we have summarised the highlights of this year's conference: https://25.foss-backstage.de/that-was-foss-backstage-2025/
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