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The Future of Sustainability in Open Source

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What You'll Learn

  1. Apply Eleanor Ostrom's commons framework to open source by testing trust, reciprocity, and shared governance boundaries.
  2. Evaluate why common open source funding models fail, then compare sustainable alternatives to avoid VC dependency traps.
  3. Build safer maintainer workflows by sharing ownership, reducing burnout, and improving security for critical infrastructure packages.

Hazel Weakly unpacks open source sustainability through Eleanor Ostrom's commons principles, covering reciprocity, governance, VC funding pitfalls, maintainer burnout, and why web browsers should be treated as international public utilities.

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