Will Scott
I want to support individuals coming together and finding community. My research focuses on understanding and removing limitations on Internet communication. This includes both imposed limitations like network interference, and creating unrealized communication models. I like thinking about network structure, measurement, and the evolution of the browser platform. I’m interested in pursuing a combination of research, teaching, and software development.
Session
Open source powers a $100T+ digital economy; more than 99% of companies rely on OSS, 70%+ of production code comes from it, yet the maintainers carrying that infrastructure are barely funded and burning out, with 60% having quit or considered quitting, while only a tiny fraction of companies give back. FOSS and OSS licenses were 40+ years old and were designed for another era. Prosperous Software Movement is trying to fix the value-capture failure in open source.