Issues in Open Source
Simon Phipps will lead the Apereo community in a discussion ranging several open source topics such as:
- Do open source projects need foundations to host them?
- How should projects and adopting organizations respond to the coming waves of software regulation?
- What impact will/does open source have on AI, IoT and Cloud?
Simon Phipps is a consultant providing insight and knowledge on open source, digital rights and the emerging meshed economy to businesses and governments worldwide, as the founding principal of Meshed Insights Ltd. His writing is regularly featured in a variety of global publications and he is a frequent keynote speaker. He is a delegate at various de jure standards bodies such as ETSI and ISO on behalf of OSI. He serves as a director of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation.
He was previously President of OSI, the Open Source Initiative (twice) — the non-profit organisation that acts steward of the canonical list of open source licenses and the Open Source Definition — and a director of The Document Foundation, creators of LibreOffice. He is featured in the “Faces Of Open Source” project.
He is the co-founder and executive director of Public Software CIC, which hosts small or new community activities in the free and open source community.
Please Note: The start time is 1:00 pm (1300) Eastern U.S. time
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