Diginomica reports from the opening day of Open Source Summit Europe in Prague, where Linux Foundation Europe GM Thierry Carrez noted that European contributors account for 38% of the code across the Linux Foundation’s 620 projects (44% of the Linux kernel, 35% of Kubernetes, over 50% of Zephyr) but supply only 15% of foundation funding and take part in governance at just 37% of the rate they contribute code. Carrez drew a line between “public source”, where code is merely visible, and genuine open source control that requires the familiarity to understand, operate and if necessary fork a project, warning that US and Asian firms already treat openly governed open source as a strategic investment. CNCF executive director Jonathan Bryce added that who operates the code matters as much as who writes it, citing OVH’s push for “open operations” alongside open source.
Who owns the stack? Why Europe writes the open source but doesn't govern it
Diginomica reports from the opening day of Open Source Summit Europe in Prague, where Linux Foundation Europe GM Thierry Carrez noted that European contributors account for 38% of the code across the Linux Foundation's 620 projects (44% of the Linux kernel, 35% of Kubernetes, over 50% of Zephyr) but supply only 15% of foundation funding and take part in governance at just 37% of the rate they contribute code. Carrez drew a line between "public source", where code is merely visible, and genuine open source control that requires the familiarity to understand, operate and if necessary fork a project, warning that US and Asian firms already treat openly governed open source as a strategic investment. CNCF executive director Jonathan Bryce added that who operates the code matters as much as who writes it, citing OVH's push for "open operations" alongside open source.
Source: Diginomica