Open Source. Free; but not the ‘free-for-all, scot-free, take-and-take-and-take’ kind of free.

Leaning into the ‘WTF’ factor of this newsletter, we’ve tackled major, difficult and essential issues - like Cloud Native’s role in jobless recoveries, rogue algorithms, and D&I in open source.

In that vein, the recent log4j vulnerability triggered a wave of discussion around how open-source software gets developed, paid for, and maintained. Fortunately, (and unfortunately) well-timed with our open-source theme.

In our Jan issue, Mike McQuaid, project leader and maintainer of the Homebrew package manager discusses entitlement in open source. Andrea Dobson, our Psychologist and head of people, explores burnout. Journalist Joe Fay looks at corporate entitlement as he ponders WTF is an Open Source License anyway?

To positively balance cloud providers’ questionable behaviour, Anne Currie gives a sneak peak of ‘The State of Green Cloud Software Practices in 2022’ whitepaper.

Ben Gurney takes us through CS Labs, its open source projects and principles, while Gustavo Carvalho continues his external secrets tutorial series with Google Cloud Secret Manager. 

Ian Miell and Tudor Girba delve into more efficient ways to work, and healthier systems. Ian looks at Cynefin - a tool that helps leaders gain shared understanding and language for strategic approaches, while Tudor looks at how we can interpret code more sustainably with Moldable Development and Glamorous Toolkit. 

Ready? Let’s do this!