The Role of the Open Source Foundation is Not to Support Commercial Initiatives, but the Community

In this clip from the Hacking Open Source Business Podcast, Scarf CEO Avi Press and HOSS Matt Yonkovit chat with Kaj Arnö, the CEO of the MariaDB Foundation. They discuss if the Foundation has a role in supporting commercial initiatives amongst their collaborations with enterprises. Kaj explains that the Foundation does not have a direct role, as it is primarily focused on supporting the community. The relationship between sponsors and the Foundation should be clean and based on open source, regardless of whether they are commercial entities or not.

Discussed in this clip:
* MariaDB Foundation does not have a direct role in supporting commercial initiatives on the enterprise side
* There is no collaboration or partnership with sponsors on commercial initiatives
* The Foundation does not judge or commend commercial entities
* As long as the relationship is based on open source, it is acceptable
* The focus of the Foundation is on supporting the community

Full interview: https://youtu.be/mojhiahl2NY

Checkout our other interviews, clips, and videos: https://l.hosbp.com/Youtube

Don’t forget to visit the open source business community at: https://opensourcemetrics.org/

Visit our primary sponsor, Scarf, for tools to help analyze your #opensource growth and adoption: https://about.scarf.sh/

Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite app:
Spotify: https://l.hosbp.com/Spotify
Apple: https://l.hosbp.com/Apple
Google: https://l.hosbp.com/Google
Buzzsprout: https://l.hosbp.com/Buzzsprout

#opensource #opensourcesoftware #business #podcast
#mariadb #OpenSource #mariadbfoundation #foss #database #opensourcefoundation #open