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Attached: 1 image Mark your calendars for October 15 for OpenUK London community meetup "Can open source even be a business?" OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock will share the findings of the OpenUK Economics of Open Source Report; followed by the panel including Liam Crilly of NGINX, Lee Wright, GTM Leader Data Infrastructure, Amanda Brock of OpenUK, Matt Barker of Venafi, and Paula Kennedy of Syntasso, moderated by Jennifer Riggins. Sign up here: https://www.meetup.com/openuk/events/301997818/?utm_medium=referral&utm #openuk #openukmeetup #opensource

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This year’s State of Open Con schedule focuses on establishing the future of open source across software, hardware and data.  Open source communities are reliant on a significant amount of unpaid labour. That makes for an interesting dichotomy that is emphasized during economic downturns. Since, theoretically, anyone should be able to join an open source project, it should have lower barriers to entry. But having free time time do free work — or being employed by a big tech company specifically to contribute to open source — is entirely based on privilege.  » Read more about: The Future of Open Source is Uncertain  »

by Jamie Tanna's profile image Jamie Tanna . #openuk.