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What Might Healthy Open Source Look Like?

video talk & transcript: What Would Open Source Look Like If It Were Healthy? by Sumana Harihareswara from GitHub's OCTO Speaker Series, 3/30/21

This is an expansive re-imagining of both open source development and the kind of society that could support it. Though Harihareswara gets into very specific examples of what a healthier open source process might like like (think compensation and supportive maintainers), her 50,000 foot view is applicable for thinking through what it would take to support truly ethical, equitable work of all kinds.

Issue: 
Open Source
Tags: 
best practices
social change

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