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UID:pretalx-foss4g-europe-2026-VAE9UK@talks.osgeo.org
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DESCRIPTION:This session is aimed at developers\, project leads\, and organ
 isational decision-makers who are navigating the question of how to sustai
 n FOSS4G. We aim to leave attendees with a clearer framework for thinking 
 about sustainability\, and a more honest picture of what each path demands
  in practice.\n\nOpen source geospatial software powers critical infrastru
 cture\, research\, and decision-making around the world — yet the questi
 on of how to sustain it remains one of the most pressing and underexplored
  challenges in our community. This presentation offers an experience-drive
 n look at the business models behind open source sustainability\, drawing 
 on the lived experience of organisations that have built their work around
  open source libraries.\nWe examine three broad sustainability strategies 
 — consulting-led\, product-led\, and hybrid approaches — exploring the
  trade-offs\, tensions\, and unexpected lessons each model brings. What do
 es it actually take to keep a widely-used open source project healthy over
  the long term? Where do community interests and commercial realities alig
 n\, and where do they diverge?\nThe conversation is made more timely by th
 e European Commission's Cyber Resilience Act\, which introduces the concep
 t of open source stewardship as a formal responsibility. For organisations
  that develop\, maintain\, or depend on open source software\, this repres
 ents both a new compliance consideration and a genuine opportunity to arti
 culate and formalise the value of what we do.\nThis session is aimed at de
 velopers\, project leads\, and organisational decision-makers who are navi
 gating these questions — whether just starting out or well into the jour
 ney. We aim to leave attendees with a clearer framework for thinking about
  sustainability\, and a more honest picture of what each path demands in p
 ractice.
DTSTAMP:20260604T223532Z
LOCATION:Auditorium
SUMMARY:Sustaining Open Source: Real models\, Real lessons - Jeroen Tichele
 r
URL:https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-europe-2026/talk/VAE9UK/
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