Wes and Scott talk with Chad Whitacre, the newest member of the Syntax team, about all things open source—licenses, controversies, economics, and ethics. Chad breaks down what most people misunderstand, and how companies can support sustainable software development the right way.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 00:39 Meet Chad Whitacre
• 03:39 Chad’s retro headphones
  • Retrospekt

05:00 Chad’s role at Syntax

• https://syntax.fm/oss

Open Path

09:41 What do people get wrong about open source?

11:11 Why is open source so divisive?

13:01 The evolution of open source and free software

17:55 Single vendor vs. community open source

20:22 How do people build businesses off of a GPL license?

24:40 What’s the most pure version of open source?

26:55 Fair source licensing explained

30:30 Brought to you by Sentry.io

33:09 Should you be concerned about dependencies in your app in relation to licensing?

• Fair Source

35:16 What’s the most interesting/unusual open source license?

• Beerware License

40:00 What is Open Source Pledge?

• Open Source Pledge

45:41 Choosing the right open source license

48:31 Wes’ most popular open source project

• wait

49:39 Interesting open source projects

• Mercedes-Benz embraces Open Source

Porsche Open Source Platform

51:33 Licensing for educational content

53:46 The beauty of open source

• Plausible

56:12 Scott’s various open source projects

56:44 The importance of contributing to open source projects

59:16 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

• Chad: Save The Cat!

Shameless Plugs

• Chad: Coming soon

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