How Linux Foundation is helping the community navigate open source license changes

The recent trend of companies altering their open-source licenses has caused significant disruption within the community, with many questioning the motivations of companies who choose to do so. In this episode, Mike Dolan, SVP and GM of Projects at the Linux Foundation, discusses the negative impact of open-source companies changing licenses on the community, strategies to maintain open-source integrity, and the evolving role of the Linux Foundation in supporting and connecting open-source communities. He says, “Where I think we’re seeing an issue is that mucking around with the open source licensing that underpins a lot of software that people took a dependency on.”