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Episode: The High Price of Open Source: Building a Business Around Matrix (matrix-conf-2025)
Description: Open Source has never been easy, but doing Open Source in the Matrix ecosystem poses a unique set of challenges. Add the pressure of sustaining a company on top of that, and you quickly find yourself in uncharted, and often uncomfortable, territory. This talk reflects on the reality of maintaining open source projects in the Matrix universe, especially from the perspective of a business. It dives into the tension between openness and exploitation, when others take your work without contributing anything in return, undermining sustainability and motivation.
Through real-world experiences and hard-learned lessons, this session will outline the structural and...