Coming up in a few hours -- "Could Compliance Cost-Savings sustain open source software communities?" -- I'm speaking at #FOSDEM, and following my presentation, will be joined by Tommaso Bernabo, Michael Schuster, and Greg Wallace on stage to discuss the potential beneficial impacts of the CRA on OSS community sustainability.

Event link: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PTHENV-sustaining-foss-with-attestations/

Live stream: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/ua2118

Room: UA2.118

At #39c3, @quintessence presents an analysis of “crisis events” in FOSS foundations over ~30 years. Data shows a stark trend correlated to growth of social media and lowered social barriers to access to project leadership from the public, and asks —

After the xz-utils event, should we adapt our community openness and moderation techniques to counteract the growth of crisis events, and can we create shared guidance to support our mods?

https://cfp.cccv.de/39c3/talk/YDKJDT/

#39c3 #opensource #foss