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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

What Makes Open Source Work: Licensing and Beyond

Peter Zaitsev

When commercial interests clashed with open source ideals, giants like Redis and HashiCorp changed their licenses. Discover why true open source survival now demands independent foundation governance.

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