Open Source, Open Mind: The Cost of Free Software
summary
History and hard numbers: a Linksys/Cisco GPL dispute triggers a 2009 settlement and a 2006 German court ruling that GPL is legally binding in Germany (2006); a near‑miss supply‑chain attack almost smuggles a backdoor into xz‑utils, exposing single‑maintainer risk. NuGet analysis estimates ~53.8 million package downloads in a recent period, a modeled $43M/month platform pot that would pay Automapper ~$133K/mo, ImageSharp ~$3K/mo and NAudio ~$120/mo, showing concrete economics for paid convenience vs. pure permissive licensing.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Welcome to NDC Oslo
- 2:35Emotional cycle of new software
- 10:12Shareware and free software rise
- 16:51Birth of open source and GPL
- 25:17Cloud monetization of free software
- 30:10Risks of permissive licenses
- 35:24Why developers contribute
- 40:13XZ utils backdoor risks
- 44:06Cost of free software
- 47:19End of free money and responsibility
- 51:11Funding open source business model
- 57:11WebAssembly future
- 58:35Value of free weekend
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