637: Approachable Open Source with Brian Muenzenmeyer
Brian Muenzenmeyer joins the show to talk about his book, Approachable Open Source, ways we can make open source easier to get in, important conversations around funding and supporting open source, and whether money helps maintainers deal with burnout or not?
Guests
Time Jump Links
- 00:41 Introducing Brian
- 01:20 Reading Approachable Open Source
- 02:35 What was your journey to writing this book?
- 14:18 How do you make a project an open source thing?
- 22:40 Would the world be a better place if more people helped in open source?
- 27:21 Sponsor: Bluehost
- 28:20 Learning and understanding licenses in open source
- 37:21 Is code just commons? Should it be?
- 39:03 Funding open source
- 41:53 Does money help fix burnout?
Episode Sponsors 🧡
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