tl:dr; We've hosting an AI forum online, remote, on June 11th. Come join us to talk about what do we do with * waves hands *.

https://sustainoss.org/events/ai-floss-sustainability-forum-2026/

Share widely please!

It is impossible to argue against the assertion that AI is having profound impacts on many aspects of free, libre and open source software projects, communities and ecosystem.

If you have interest in exploring how AI in all its various and rapidly evolving forms is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on the same, we invite you to join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026.

At this #SustainOSS Virtual Forum on #ai, FLOSS, and Sustainability, we will survey the challenges, evolution, and opportunities emerging from the ever-expanding role of AI in software engineering, community management, project governance and, most importantly, the #sustainability of our shared #FLOSS universe. Specific topics to be addressed on the agenda will be identified in collaboration with confirmed participants.

We invite you to share your experiences, ideas, and concerns around the roles and impacts of AI in our rapidly changing ecosystems, across various scales, engage in respectful discussion, and envision goals and partnerships we can collectively embrace to sustain our #opensource ecosystems.

Excellent session at #OCX2026 by ekxide about Open Source business models, with great advices based on field experience https://www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/agenda?session=32d21ff2-d453-4a0a-bee6-3a0a00698a89&shareLink=true
@EclipseFdn : when will the video be available?

#SustainabilityModels #SustainOSS

<insert image of a Dickensian soot-stained child, with sixpence in hand, asking for half a stale loaf as pittance for working all week in the pipes and sewers, keeping the digital commons infrastructure running>

#opensource #sustainoss #sustainability

Hei, #fediverse!

Please forward this #survey by the #EU #Commission about #OpenSource #Sustainability to anyone you know that uses Open Source:

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/FOSSEPS_Governance_and_Sustainability_Survey

#FOSS #SustainOSS #Perl #CPAN #RakuLang

At the German #Perl Workshop, I had the privilege to organize a panel about #OpenSource #Sustainability on #CPAN and it's related communities.

Together with Ferenc Erki (@ferki), Julien Fiegehenn (simbabque), and Sören M. Laird Sörries (@relais), we talked about meet-ups, volunteering, mental health, funding, and much more. It was great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6uhTCUWig

(With apologies for the annoying apple emojis that pop up during the session)

#ossustainability #sustainoss

Back in March I helped out during the sustainoss.org summit by facilitating a session about mentoring and planning for succession in open source software projects.

Find the summarised thoughts from our discussion over on github https://github.com/sustainers/mentoring-and-succession-planning

#mentoring #sustainoss #oss #opensource

Just found @dries's 2019 blog post looking at the Prisoner's Dilemma as a way to describe Open Source sustainability,

https://dri.es/balancing-makers-and-takers-to-scale-and-sustain-open-source

Anyone here know of other/more recent resources that dive a little further into this topic?

#SustainOSS #OpenSource #Sustainability #Economics #GameTheory #PrisonersDilemma

Another great @sustainoss #Podcast this time with @brian on Approachable Open Source https://podcast.sustainoss.org/262

Lots of nuggets for #OpenSource maintenance. Thanks @richlitt & @abbycabs

Worth checking out Brian's book too:
https://approachableopensource.com/

#FOSS #SustainOSS #FOSS