Nadia Eghbal
The rise of few-maintainer projects
As casual contributions—coordinated by a handful of maintainers—become ever more prevalent, how should we reset our expectations for OSS?
This issue of Increment explores the inner workings and wide-reaching impact of open-source software—and the communities that build it.
As casual contributions—coordinated by a handful of maintainers—become ever more prevalent, how should we reset our expectations for OSS?
In the care and feeding of open-source projects, communication is key.
How permissive content licenses, inspired by OSS, helped shape today’s digital commons.
A maintainer of Babel navigates the boundaries of open source and self.
When—and why—should a business release an open-source project?
A conversation with the chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation about her transition from corporate law to tech leadership, the power of a written document, and a more humane internet.
To better protect our digital infrastructure and to ensure long-term utility, open source needs a more sustainable business model.
DIY lessons from planning JSConf Colombia for anyone, anywhere who wants to plan accessible, sustainable developer events.
Can open-source voting technology help restore faith in elections? A look at VotingWorks, a nonprofit developing what it hopes will be “a publicly owned operating system for democracy.”
Tips for acquiring Git super powers.
What can cities teach open source about governance, funding, and managing limited resources?
A computational poem.
How Donald Knuth’s 1978 typesetting program became one of the oldest still-active open-source projects and revolutionized technical publishing along the way.
Advice on contributing to OSS projects, navigating social media, meeting up locally and at conferences, and more.
Technical leaders at Microsoft, Kickstarter, DigitalOcean, and Red Hat answer questions about when and why to opt for OSS, how open source has influenced their organizations, and its future role in corporations.
A consideration of how human-oriented investments are vital to a project’s long-term health.