Scotland Open Source talks to maintainers, advocates and companies from Scotland’s vibrant open source community. Hosted by Ashley Nicolson, we have in-depth conversations on all aspects of open source often from the different perspective of working full-time in its communities. We also help promote our guests and their projects and generally discuss the importance and impact of open source in the Scottish tech industry. Scotland Open Source podcast is part of Scotland Open Source Users Meetups.
Scotland Open Source
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6 episodes
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Podcast Overview
Scotland Open Source talks to maintainers, advocates and companies from Scotland’s vibrant open source community. Hosted by Ashley Nicolson, we have in-depth conversations on all aspects of open source often from the different perspective of working full-time in its communities. We also help promote our guests and their projects and generally discuss the importance and impact of open source in the Scottish tech industry. Scotland Open Source podcast is part of Scotland Open Source Users Meetups.
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Recent Episodes
February 24, 2021
Ep06 - Supporting FOSS Maintainers, handling conflict, Homebrew & Software Freedom Conservancy with Mike McQuaid
On this episode we welcome Mike McQuaid, a long standing maintainer (10+ years) and project lead of Homebrew. We talk about Mike’s journey of becoming a maintainer and how he manages to sustain a healthy relationship with his project and it’s community by establishing a good work life balance and having a clear definition of a maintainer’s responsibilities. As a strong advocate for supporting maintainers Mike describes how he and Homebrew’s team of maintainers deal with the negativity of both the job and certain members of the community by the use of tools, bots and a supportive approach to day to day working with one another. We also talk about Homebrew’s progression to becoming a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy and the benefits it brings to both the project and those involved.
December 7, 2020
Ep05 - Open Source in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Glasgow with Dr Bernd Porr
We're joined by Dr Bernd Porr from the Engineering school of Glasgow University to discuss how and why he has introduced open source to his Biomedical Engineering students. We talk about the importance of teaching open source, especially those not in computer science studies, as well as what would encourage universities to implement more open source education. We also delve into how open source has benefited the neuroscience community with The Human Brain Project and Dr Porr's own contributions of the mapping of the limbic systems – plus I learn a few things about the reward system in Rats. Lastly talk about the University's support of open source by other departments, what advice he would give to contributors and Dr Porr's (many amazing) personal projects.
August 11, 2020
Ep04 - KDE & the future of apps, Open Development applied to non tech communities & OpenUK with Jonathan Riddell
In this episode we talk to a well know figure in Scottish open source and influencer Jonathan Riddell, the creator of Kubuntu and KDE Neon (among other amazing open source contributions). We talk about his vision for KDE Neon and the KDE community by bringing open source apps to a wider audience through proprietary app platforms. We also discuss how we can apply the principles of open development to offline communities as well as the Scottish government and why we think its needed. Lastly we highlight the events that OpenUK, which Jonathan is the chair of the awards committee, are planning and their aspirations to promote open tech in the UK.
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