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Sustaining Package Repositories with Brian Fox

Brian Fox discusses the challenges and future of open source package repository infrastructure. We discuss the complexities of managing public registries, the impact of overconsumption, and the importance of sustainable practices in the open source community. Brian tells us how organizations can reduce their footprint and contribute to a more balanced ecosystem. The package repositories cannot continue to be the world’s CDN. Episode Links Brian Fox Open Infrastructure is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship Brian’s Blog Atlantic Council - Avoiding the success trap: Toward policy for open-source software as infrastructure This episode is also available as a podcast, search for “Open Source Security” on your favorite podcast player. ...

October 6, 2025 · Josh Bressers
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Episode 259 - What even is open source anymore?

Josh and Kurt talk about the question “what is open source?” Why do we think it’s broken today, and what sort of ideas about what should come next. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_259_What_even_is_open_source_anymore.mp3 Show Notes OSI Bruce Perens Post Open Source Josh’s community blog post Corey Doctorow Uber Twitter thread

February 22, 2021