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An Intentional Approach to Open-Source with Abby Kearns, former CTO at Puppet Labs

An Intentional Approach to Open-Source with Abby Kearns, former CTO at Puppet Labs

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Venrock partner Ethan Batraski interviews Abby Kearns, most recently the CTO at Puppet and previously, CEO at the Cloud Foundry Foundation, about her experiences building in open-source, open-source licensing, separating open-source projects from commercial product strategies, and more. 

 

[00:01:12] Abby’s career journey and what turned her to tech

[00:05:23] What’s happening in open-source right now

[00:09:38] Where it makes sense to have a commercial open-source model

[00:16:30] Choosing between an Apache-like or Elastic-like license

[00:19:17] Starting an open-source project with intent to commercialize

[00:23:08] The biggest risk of starting with an SSPL or BSL license 

[00:27:47] Rapid fire questions

 

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