Stephen WalliForked Communities: Whose Property Is It Anyway?Open source community forks seem to be in the news again. Companies continue to re-license their source code away from the original open…Jul 291Jul 291
Stephen WalliBeijing: Economic Development and the China Africa Summit (From Jan 2007)[srw — I refer to this blog post every once in a while that I wrote almost 15 years ago after my first proper visit to Beijing. The old…Dec 7, 2022Dec 7, 2022
Stephen WalliRules for Cooperative EffortsI first got involved in balloting in a standards effort in 1988. Over the subsequent 30+ years, I have done a lot of work in and around…Mar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022
Stephen WalliSoftware Freedom in a Post Open Source World(Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Software Freedom)Feb 2, 2020Feb 2, 2020
Stephen WalliOpen Source Challenges in New Industry SpacesI have the privilege of having been invited to participate in the LF Energy Summit here in Paris early November. As I read more about the…Nov 4, 2019Nov 4, 2019
Stephen WalliSustaining Open Source SoftwareThe ‘open source sustainability’ debate continues with yet-another-company relicensing their product away from an open source license to…Jan 8, 2019Jan 8, 2019
Stephen WalliThere is Still NO Open Source Business ModelI wrote a blog post two years ago called There is NO Open Source Business Model. In it, I argued that open source software is really about…Oct 17, 20182Oct 17, 20182
Stephen WalliinOpen Source Communities“Every evangelist of yesteryear is now a Community Manager ….”OH: “Every evangelist of yesteryear is now a Community Manager … at least on their biz card.”Apr 21, 20171Apr 21, 20171
Stephen WalliAsk Not What Your Community Can Do For YouDuring his inaugural speech on Jan. 20, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy uttered the challenge, “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not…Apr 12, 2017Apr 12, 2017
Stephen WalliThere is NO Open Source Business ModelPreface: It has been brought to my attention by friends and trusted advisors that a valid interpretation of my point below is that open…Oct 25, 20169Oct 25, 20169