Developer Creativity, Open Source and Personal Data

In this episode we are joined by Heather Meeker, an experienced technology and open source expert, as well Founding Portfolio Partner at OSS Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund specializing in commercial open source development.  Heather has a wealth of experience to draw from, starting from as a developer ("computer programmer" as she calls it), to working on open source license strategies for some of the most recognized leading companies over the years. We talk about developer communities, early models to data and their evolution, open source as a way to develop and promulgate a kind of standards and the power of open innovation, the impact it could have the data that we generate was available to build innovative solutions upon.

Some more background on Heather Meeker, from https://www.techlawpartners.com/heather

Meeker advises technology clients on intellectual property matters, including licensing and collaboration arrangements, software copyright and patent issues, technology procurement, open source licensing strategies, and intellectual property issues in investments, mergers and acquisitions. She is an internationally known specialist in open source software licensing. Her latest book, Open Source for Business, is a definitive handbook for lawyers, engineers, and businesspersons on open source licensing in business. Her Technology Licensing: A Primer, is a widely used handbook for technology licensing specialists.

In 2019, Meeker was named by Business Insider as one of the ten people transforming the way the technology industry does business, along with the CEOs of Salesforce, Stripe, and Microsoft. She was the only lawyer on this list.