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# What Makes Open Source Work: Licensing and Beyond


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 11, 2025
- **Time:** 09:40–10:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 1
- **Event:** World Congress 2025
- **Tags:** culture, open source

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1416-what-makes-open-source-work-licensing-and-beyond)

## Description

The term "Open Source" typically refers to the license a project uses, but is having an Open Source license sufficient for a project to embody all the values commonly associated with Open Source Software? Perhaps not. In this presentation, we will discuss what other aspects of a Project need to be assessed for long-term adoption. This includes factors like the availability of binaries and quality documentation, governance structure, community size and activity, along with several other important criteria.

## Speaker

### [Peter Zaitsev](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@peter-zaitsev)

Founder at Percona, FerretDB, Coroot


## Related talks at this congress

- [Kettle and Pot or Peas in a Pod? A Debate on Open-Source and Proprietary Software](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/798-kettle-and-pot-or) — Kevin, Roxana Crisan
- [Achieving Design Excellence in Open-Source Software](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/690-achieving-design) — Martin Keary
- [Harnessing the Power of Open Source's Newest Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/868-harnessing-the-power) — Francisco Carneiro
- [The Open Future of AI: Beyond Open Weights](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/642-the-open-future-of) — Matt White