Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Tag: Open Source

How to report a security issue in an open source project

So you’ve found a security issue in an open source project – or maybe just a weird problem that you think might be a security problem. What should you do next?
March 27th, 2025 • open source security

If we had $1,000,000…

What would the Django Software Foundation look like if we had 4x our current budget?

Discussing Open Source funding and sustainability on the Sustain podcast

I was invited on the Sustain podcast to discuss my recent rant about open source sustainability. I talked about my reaction to the criticism that open source maintainers receive when they take funding, and how this is a personal issue for me – maintainers aren’t abstract ideas to me, they’re my friends. We discussed my call for a more expansive definition of open source, and got into some of the nuance about some of the problems this can cause.
March 29th, 2024 • open source podcast

Paying people to work on open source is good actually

If you have a problem with maintainers getting paid then you have a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate.
February 16th, 2024 • free software money open source rant

Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day

Tomorrow is Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day, a day to reflect on your responsibilities as a volunteer and, if any of them are too burdensome, set them down. I’m observing it this year; here’s how and why.