World of Open Source European Spotlight 2026
summary
Annual Europe spotlight previews governance maturity as the deciding factor for open source value capture, reporting half of European orgs maintain private forks with median 300 and average 3,000 hours per release cycle, an average organization saving about $3.5–4M from open source, and contribution returns of code contribution multiplier 3.3x, community 2.5x, financial 2.3x. AI adoption reaches 94% for coding, increasing PR volume and maintainer burden, while digital sovereignty drives investment and foundation-hosted projects score highest European trust.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Keynote speaker introduction
- 1:04Linux Foundation Europe research
- 2:51Open source governance maturity
- 13:03AI impact on open source
- 19:31Digital sovereignty and resilience
- 26:32Open source governance challenges
- 28:38Second database in architecture
- 33:54Memory optimization in key-value DBs
- 43:25PMM with telemetry and AI
- 58:49Village SQL and MySQL innovation
- 1:02:12Q&A
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