Following the recent discovery of the log4j bug,
a wide-spread security vulnerability, the tech community once again
grapples with the issue of reliance on and maintenance of core technology
that is largely maintained by unpaid volunteers. In this episode
Steven chats with Andrea Aime and
Ian Turton, both long-time open
source developers working on widely-used geospatial technologies. The three
discuss the challenges of motivation, maintenance, setting expectations, and
sutainable community. A timely discussion for anyone contributing to or
relying upon open source technologies.
Relevant links:
- The Gift of It's Your Problem Now
- Video of Andrea and Ian's FOSS4G talk "The secret life of open source developers"
- Andrea is on twitter as @geowolf
- Ian is on twitter as @ijturton
- Ian's website
- Geoserver
The Geomob podcast is hosted by Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of OpenCage, and Steven Feldman, of KnowWhere Consulting.
Every week we discuss themes from the geo industry, interview Geomob speakers, and provide regular updates about our own projects.
