An Intentional Approach to Open-Source with Abby Kearns, former CTO at Puppet Labs

Venrock partner Ethan Batraski interviews Abby Kearns, most recently the CTO at Puppet and previously, CEO at the Cloud Foundry Foundation, about her experiences building in open-source, open-source licensing, separating open-source projects from commercial product strategies, and more.

[00:01:12] Abby’s career journey and what turned her to tech

[00:05:23] What’s happening in open-source right now

[00:09:38] Where it makes sense to have a commercial open-source model

[00:16:30] Choosing between an Apache-like or Elastic-like license

[00:19:17] Starting an open-source project with intent to commercialize

[00:23:08] The biggest risk of starting with an SSPL or BSL license

[00:27:47] Rapid fire questions

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