Category: Business models
Business models for free and open source software
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#35 – An introduction to the OpenStreetMap project
“The OpenStreetMap project is to build the most complete, exhaustive, and up-to-date global database of free geographic data.” Together with Christian Quest, one of the founders of the French OpenStreetMap community, we explore the history of OSM, its governance and its community.
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#34 – Framasoft is 20 years old! (2/2): De-google-ify Internet
First of all, we’re going to have to support a whole bunch of people in the free software communities, who had a very, very simple vision of “Microsoft is evil” and to say “ok but it’s just evil is good, or use free software or proprietary”. The question is also “what choice of society do…
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#33 – Framasoft is 20 years old! (1/2) – The first 10 years
“What I remember is the capacity for transformation, certainly minimal compared to that of Google but absolutely not negligible that a tiny French-speaking association like Framasoft can have.
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#31 – Strategies for Open Source Startups – Emily Omier
Categories: Business models, Community, Community, Conference, Conference, Content creation, Content creation, Legal, Legal, Business modelsInterview with Emily Omier, Open Source Business Strategy Consultant Walid : it’s the new season of Projets Libres!, it’s the first recording since September. We’re really excited today because first of all I’m not alone in doing this interview, we’re going to meet someone who has already been in the podcast, it’s Raphaël Semeteys who…
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#30 – Emmabuntüs, Linux distribution and reuse
Let’s embark together on the discovery of Emmabuntüs distribution! Alongside Patrick and Yves, two of its maintainers and contributors, we explore the origins of the project, its commitment to the reuse of computer equipment, its relationship to the Jerry Do It Together project, as well as its recent initiatives to improve accessibility for visually impaired…
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#28 – Fedora and the Fedora-Fr Community
Categories: Community, Business models, Community, Content creation, Content creation, Business modelsIn this podcast episode, we’re celebrating 20 years of the Fedora-Fr community! With our guests Guillaume Kulakowski (Llaumgui) and Charles-Antoine Couret (Renault), we dive into the world of the Fedora project and its French-speaking community. Together, we revisit the history and evolution of Fedora, while also exploring the connections between the Borsalinux Association, Fedora, and…
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#26 – Odoo Community Association: Odoo, the community way
“Alone we go faster, but together we go further. I would strongly advise getting involved in the Odoo Community Association now to get recognized before customers finally start asking for it.” Come and discover the OCA with Joël Grand-Guillaume, its president. Together we look back at the challenges of its creation, its operation, its financing…
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#24 – The MiXiT conference – ethics and diversity in tech
Categories: Community, Business models, Community, Conference, Conference, Content creation, Content creation, Business modelsHave you heard of the MiXiT conference? Since 2011, it has been the place to talk about ethics and diversity in tech! With Audrey Neveu and Grégory Alexandre, two of the members of the organization, we look back at the history, values and challenges of the conference.
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#23 – NLnet Foundation: Funding Free Software in Europe
Do you know how part of the European Free Software ecosystem is financed? Discover the history and functioning of the NLnet Foundation, and the European Next Generation Internet NGI0 funds with Lwenn Bussière, Technology Assessor at NLnet!
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#22 – Open Food Facts (2/2): from the technical side
Second episode on the Open Food Facts project! In this episode with Alex Garel, one of the developers and community facilitator, we talk about the technical and organizational challenges around code, contributions, and infrastructure.