Jan Ainali
Jan is an advocate for openness and collaboration. He is running the company Open By Default where he helps other organizations on their journey to becoming more open. He has a history of working with open source at the Foundation for Public Code, open knowledge at and with Wikimedia and open data at Creative Commons.
Session
You’ve released your code under a free license, but your project runs on proprietary platforms like Slack, GitHub, Notion, or Zoom. What’s the harm? In this talk, we’ll explore how relying on closed tools contradicts open source values, excludes contributors, locks your community into corporate ecosystems, and drives away idealistic contributors who care deeply about freedom. We’ll also tackle common justifications, like convenience or popularity, and show how they often mask deeper trade-offs.