In Q1 of 2022, Spotify decided to establish a FOSS fund. In this session, Per Ploug will cover what the practical challenges were and what underlying assumptions, ideas, and strategies brought us to this decision.
The session presents our strategic thinking behind establishing a FOSS fund and attempts to go beyond the premise of "because it's the right thing to do" but rather focuses on why it from a business objective makes sense to do what we did.
Spotify
OSPO Lead
After 10 years of building an open source tech company, Per switched to working in big tech companies. First at Zalando, establishing their open source team, later as head of their product security, and now at Spotify where he leads the OSPO.
After 10 years of building an open source tech company, Per switched to working in big tech companies. First at Zalando, establishing their open source team, later as head of their product security, and now at Spotify where he leads the OSPO.
TODO Group
Program Manager
Ana is the OSPO Program Manager at the TODO Group, a Linux Foundation project and open community of practitioners who aim to create and share knowledge and collaborate on practices, tools, and other ways to run successful and effective Open Source Program Offices or similar Open Source initiatives. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, a Software Development Analytics firm, and she has recently finished her MSc in Data Science, whose final thesis focused on measuring DevRel’s success within Open Source development communities.
Ana is really interested in Open Source, InnerSource, and community metrics. She has been a speaker at some international conferences such as GitHub Universe, FOSSBackstage Berlin, Open Compliance Summit Japan, DevRelCon Tokyo, OpenInfraDays, DevRelCon London, ISC Summit or OSSummit (Japan, Europe and NA).
During her spare time, you can find Ana practicing yoga or illustrating.
Linux Foundation
Organizer
Organizer
Organizer
TODO Group Program Manager
Collaborator | TODO Steering Committee Member
Collaborator | TODO Steering Committee Member