Join host Amanda Meeks in a conversation with Heather Meeker, founder of the Free Open Source Stories Digital Archive (FOSSDA), and learn about how and why the project was started. Plus, get a sneak peek into some of the amazing interviews Heather has conducted so far, where she captures the personal stories from the open source movement’s pioneers.

Guest name: Heather Meeker

Email: heatherjmeeker@gmail.com

Pronouns: she/her

Bio: Heather Meeker is the founder of the FOSSDA project. She is a General Partner at OSS Capital, www.oss.capital, an early stage venture capital fund specializing in commercial open source development. She is also a partner at Tech Law Partners, LLP, www.techlawpartners.com, a law firm focused on technology transactions.

Meeker is an internationally-known specialist in open source software licensing.  She is the primary drafter of many widely-used licenses, including Elastic 2.0, and served on the core drafting team for Mozilla Public License 2.0 and the PolyForm licenses. Her book Open Source for Business, now in its third edition, is a definitive handbook for lawyers, engineers, and businesspersons on open source licensing in business.  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. Heather is a former professional musician and enjoys dancing, gaming and travel.

Links: 

• https://fossda.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1633/collection_resources/80243
  
  
• https://fossda.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus