Request For Commits All rights reserved https://changelog.com/rfc en-us Request For Commits explored different perspectives in open source sustainability (retired). Hosts Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers dive deep into the trials and tribulations of being an open source maintainer, building communities, and navigating the business side of software. Common topics include software licensing, copyright, documentation, governance models, funding platforms such as Open Collective, Kickstarter, etc., measuring success, and more. Request For Commits explored different perspectives in open source sustainability (retired). Hosts Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers dive deep into the trials and tribulations of being an open source maintainer, building communities, and navigating the business side of software. Common topics include software licensing, copyright, documentation, governance models, funding platforms such as Open Collective, Kickstarter, etc., measuring success, and more. false Changelog Media Changelog Media editors@changelog.com changelog, open source, sustainability, software, community, oss, Support our work by joining Changelog++ Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Finale, thank you! changelog.com/3/495 https://changelog.com/rfc/20 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000 In this finale episode of Request For Commits – we regroup to discuss how we got here, lessons learned, community impact, and where the conversations around open source sustainability are taking place now and in the future. This might be the end of this podcast, but the conversation will continue on The Changelog. You should subscribe if you're not already. full 42:31 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Adam Stacoviak Jerod Santo In this finale episode of Request For Commits – we regroup to discuss how we got here, lessons learned, community impact, and where the conversations around open source sustainability are taking place now and in the future. This might be the end of this podcast, but the conversation will continue on The Changelog. You should subscribe if you’re not already.

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]]> Design, software, and open source changelog.com/3/475 https://changelog.com/rfc/19 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 22:00:00 +0000 Lauren McCarthy joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss her work on p5.js, contributions and culture, her before and after take on open source, her path to becoming a maintainer, how p5.js gets new contributors, how they keep them around, and why design isn't better represented in open source. full 1:10:17 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Lauren McCarthy Lauren McCarthy joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss her work on p5.js, contributions and culture, her before and after take on open source, her path to becoming a maintainer, how p5.js gets new contributors, how they keep them around, and why design isn’t better represented in open source.

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]]> Maintaining a popular project and sponsored time changelog.com/3/474 https://changelog.com/rfc/18 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:00:00 +0000 Henry Zhu joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss his work on Babel, how he became and accidental maintainer, why he thinks maintainers aren't special, paid open source work, the Babel brand, and building community. full 1:02:12 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Henry Zhu Henry Zhu joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss his work on Babel, how he became and accidental maintainer, why he thinks maintainers aren’t special, paid open source work, the Babel brand, and building community.

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]]> Experiments and the Economics of Open Source changelog.com/3/473 https://changelog.com/rfc/17 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000 Daniel Bachhuber joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss his work on wp-cli, the economics, origins, staying productive as a maintainer, fund raising, and the state of wp-cli today. full 1:12:41 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Daniel Bachhuber Daniel Bachhuber joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss his work on wp-cli, the economics, origins, staying productive as a maintainer, fund raising, and the state of wp-cli today.

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]]> Open Source History, Foundations, Sustainability changelog.com/3/462 https://changelog.com/rfc/16 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:00:00 +0000 Danese Cooper joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss the history of open source, how the term became a thing via Tim O'Reilly, feeling empowered as an open source contributor, companies’ relationship to open source, foundations and their role (or not) in governance and sustainability. full 1:19:33 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Danese Cooper Danese Cooper joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss the history of open source, how the term became a thing via Tim O’Reilly, feeling empowered as an open source contributor, companies’ relationship to open source, foundations and their role (or not) in governance and sustainability.

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]]> Maintaining a Popular Project and Managing Burnout changelog.com/3/454 https://changelog.com/rfc/15 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:00:00 +0000 Christopher Hiller joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss the ups and downs of maintaining Mocha - a JavaScript test framework that runs on Node.js and in the browser. Discussions included maintaining a popular project, getting funding, the challenges of having money, raising the profile of a project, focusing on the needs of a community, and managing burnout. full 58:44 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Christopher Hiller Christopher Hiller joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss the ups and downs of maintaining Mocha - a JavaScript test framework that runs on Node.js and in the browser. Discussions included maintaining a popular project, getting funding, the challenges of having money, raising the profile of a project, focusing on the needs of a community, and managing burnout.

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]]> Documentation and Quitting Open Source changelog.com/3/447 https://changelog.com/rfc/14 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:30:00 +0000 Ryan Bigg joined the show to talk about his open source work on the documentation of Ruby on Rails, fund raising, crowd sourcing, departure, handing off, not quitting, making the right decision, getting paid, sustaining, and more. full 1:05:16 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Ryan Bigg Ryan Bigg joined the show to talk about his open source work on the documentation of Ruby on Rails, fund raising, crowd sourcing, departure, handing off, not quitting, making the right decision, getting paid, sustaining, and more.

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]]> Open source and supercomputers (Spack) changelog.com/3/423 https://changelog.com/rfc/13 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:45:00 +0000 Todd Gamblin – a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab – tells Nadia and Mikeal all about bringing open source to his peers in the national labs. They discuss what it’s like to open source a project inside the government, how Todd found contributors for Spack, why he got involved with NumFOCUS, and much more. full 1:03:37 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Todd Gamblin Todd Gamblin – a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab – tells Nadia and Mikeal all about bringing open source to his peers in the national labs. They discuss what it’s like to open source a project inside the government, how Todd found contributors for Spack, why he got involved with NumFOCUS, and much more.

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]]> Crowdfunding Open Source (Vue.js) changelog.com/3/415 https://changelog.com/rfc/12 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:00:00 +0000 Evan You joined the show to talk about his work on Vue.js. We learn how Evan found users and got Vue.js off the ground, the details behind their crowdfunding on Patreon, whether or not crowdfunding is a viable method of sustaining open source, finding balance in life and work, and plans for funding beyond the Patreon campaign. full 1:01:24 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Evan You Evan You joined the show to talk about his work on Vue.js. We learn how Evan found users and got Vue.js off the ground, the details behind their crowdfunding on Patreon, whether or not crowdfunding is a viable method of sustaining open source, finding balance in life and work, and plans for funding beyond the Patreon campaign.

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Season 2 has begun! Evan You is the creator of Vue, a popular progressive JavaScript framework. He works on Vue full time with the funding from its Patreon campaign. He previously worked at Google and Meteor.

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]]> BONUS – Behind the Scenes of Season 1 and 2 changelog.com/3/340 https://changelog.com/rfc/behind-season-one Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000 In this special episode of Request For Commits we close out the first season with a look behind the scenes of the show. We talked about how the show was formed, who's involved and why, how we approach producing this show, our theme music, as well as our plans and timing for season 2. full 48:24 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Adam Stacoviak Jerod Santo In this special episode of Request For Commits we close out the first season with a look behind the scenes of the show. We talked about how the show was formed, who’s involved and why, how we approach producing this show, our theme music, as well as our plans and timing for season 2.

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]]> Funding the Web changelog.com/3/312 https://changelog.com/rfc/11 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:15:00 +0000 Brendan Eich, founder of Brave and creator of JavaScript, joined the show to talk about the history of the web, how it has been funded, and the backstory on the early browser wars and emerging monetization models. We also talked about why big problems are hard to solve for the Internet and the tradeoffs between centralization and distribution. full 1:14:24 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Brendan Eich Brendan Eich, founder of Brave and creator of JavaScript, joined the show to talk about the history of the web, how it has been funded, and the backstory on the early browser wars and emerging monetization models. We also talked about why big problems are hard to solve for the Internet and the tradeoffs between centralization and distribution.

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]]> Finding New Contributors changelog.com/3/327 https://changelog.com/rfc/10 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Charlotte Spencer joined the show to talk about making open source more approachable, Your First PR, helping people make their first open source contribution, attracting new contributors, and what projects can do to bring in, retain, and communicate with new people. full 1:07:23 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Charlotte Spencer Charlotte Spencer joined the show to talk about making open source more approachable, Your First PR, helping people make their first open source contribution, attracting new contributors, and what projects can do to bring in, retain, and communicate with new people.

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]]> Open source and licensing changelog.com/3/301 https://changelog.com/rfc/9 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Heather Meeker joined the show to talk about open source licensing, why open source licenses are historically significant, how much developers really need to know, and how much developers think they know. We also talk about mixing commercial and open source licenses, and how lawyers keep up with an ever-changing landscape. full 1:08:12 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Heather Meeker Heather Meeker joined the show to talk about open source licensing, why open source licenses are historically significant, how much developers really need to know, and how much developers think they know. We also talk about mixing commercial and open source licenses, and how lawyers keep up with an ever-changing landscape.

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Heather has spent over twenty years on legal matters related to open source, and has published several books on open source software licensing.

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]]> Open Source and Business changelog.com/3/317 https://changelog.com/rfc/8 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:00:00 +0000 David Cramer (CEO of Sentry) and Isaac Schlueter (CEO of npm) joined the show to talk about building businesses in open source, why they decided to turn their side projects into full-time work, how they experimented with finding steady sources of revenue, raising venture capital, working with investors and with community, and different company approaches to developing open source projects. full 1:01:09 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers David Cramer Isaac Schlueter David Cramer (CEO of Sentry) and Isaac Schlueter (CEO of npm) joined the show to talk about building businesses in open source, why they decided to turn their side projects into full-time work, how they experimented with finding steady sources of revenue, raising venture capital, working with investors and with community, and different company approaches to developing open source projects.

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Sentry is a developer tool for detecting application errors, and npm is the default package manager for Node.js. Both started as open source projects, which David and Isaac have built into businesses.

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]]> Liberal Contribution and Governance Models C670EE09-A1E2-4D70-9E79-0BA7DA2087E1 https://changelog.com/rfc/7 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:00:00 +0000 On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal talk with Rod Vagg, Chief Node Officer at NodeSource, about liberal contribution agreements and the underlying mechanics of liberal contribution management, how to level up casual contributors, how projects transition into a liberal contribution mindset and whether there is a place for BDFLs in the future of project governance. full 1:18:16 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Rod Vagg On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal talk with Rod Vagg, Chief Node Officer at NodeSource, about liberal contribution agreements and the underlying mechanics of liberal contribution management, how to level up casual contributors, how projects transition into a liberal contribution mindset and whether there is a place for BDFLs in the future of project governance.

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]]> Grant Funding: What Happens When You Pay for Open Source Work? 5F57CBF0-9572-443D-AD14-24AB5E3D0955 https://changelog.com/rfc/6 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:00:00 +0000 On today's show Nadia and Mikeal talk with Max Ogden, creator of Dat, an open source, decentralized tool for distributing data sets. Max has also done a lot of work in the Node.js ecosystem, including helping start NodeSchool and publishing hundreds of modules to npm. He was also one of the first Code for America fellows. full 1:14:14 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Max Ogden On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal talk with Max Ogden, creator of Dat, an open source, decentralized tool for distributing data sets. Max has also done a lot of work in the Node.js ecosystem, including helping start NodeSchool and publishing hundreds of modules to npm. He was also one of the first Code for America fellows.

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We talked about how he figured out grants were right for developing Dat, and how he managed to find his first funders. We also got into the mechanics of grant funding. Max shared what it’s like to work with grant funders, and how to build those early relationships if you’re looking for grants yourself.

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]]> Documentation and the Value of Non-Code Contributions A8D38EEC-573D-4F38-991B-B65B4384FAD0 https://changelog.com/rfc/5 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Eric Holscher to discuss non-code contributions, how they are regarded in open source culture, their value, and how to incentivize this type of work. They also talked about how Read the Docs grew a documentation community, contribution guides, and why this work matters. full 1:06:48 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Eric Holscher On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Eric Holscher to discuss non-code contributions, how they are regarded in open source culture, their value, and how to incentivize this type of work. They also talked about how Read the Docs grew a documentation community, contribution guides, and why this work matters.

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]]> Building Communities 53BDD3A9-1CE8-47D2-9D55-C4734C8503C5 https://changelog.com/rfc/4 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Jan Lehnardt to discuss the value of building communities to reduce burden on maintainers and create sustainable projects, how communities help grow a project, and contributor models. full 59:09 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Jan Lehnardt On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Jan Lehnardt to discuss the value of building communities to reduce burden on maintainers and create sustainable projects, how communities help grow a project, and contributor models.

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]]> Measuring Success in Open Source D60E29A0-81BC-46D1-9859-75A5632AAE65 https://changelog.com/rfc/3 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Andrew Nesbitt and Arfon Smith to talk about open source metrics, and how to interpret data around dependencies and usage. They talked about what we currently can, and can not measure in today’s open source ecosystem. They also talked about individual project metrics, how we can measure success, what maintainers should be paying attention to, and whether or not GitHub stars really matter. full 1:13:22 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Andrew Nesbitt Arfon Smith On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Andrew Nesbitt and Arfon Smith to talk about open source metrics, and how to interpret data around dependencies and usage. They talked about what we currently can, and can not measure in today’s open source ecosystem. They also talked about individual project metrics, how we can measure success, what maintainers should be paying attention to, and whether or not GitHub stars really matter.

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Andrew Nesbitt is the creator of Libraries.io, and Arfon Smith heads up open source data at GitHub. Andrew’s project, Libraries.io, helps people discover and track open source libraries, which was informed by his work on GitHub Explore. Arfon works to make GitHub data more accessible to the public. Previously, he worked on science initiatives at GitHub and elsewhere, including a popular citizen science platform called Zooniverse.

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]]> Open Source, Then and Now (Part 2) 0B407610-CAFB-4FBE-9FF7-92CB47854499 https://changelog.com/rfc/2 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:00:00 +0000 Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception. full 1:04:38 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Karl Fogel Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.

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Karl served on the board of the Open Source Initiative, which coined the term “open source”, and helped write Subversion, a popular version control system that predates Git. Karl also wrote a popular book on managing open source projects called Producing Open Source Software. He’s currently a partner at Open Tech Strategies, a firm that helps major organizations use open source to achieve their goals.

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]]> Open Source, Then and Now (Part 1) 4FBCEC5C-7947-454E-A564-925ED4FB2B7B https://changelog.com/rfc/1 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000 Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception. full 1:16:31 false Nadia Eghbal Mikeal Rogers Karl Fogel Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.

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Karl served on the board of the Open Source Initiative, which coined the term “open source”, and helped write Subversion, a popular version control system that predates Git. Karl also wrote a popular book on managing open source projects called Producing Open Source Software. He’s currently a partner at Open Tech Strategies, a firm that helps major organizations use open source to achieve their goals.

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