Chris Ferris | Open Source CTO | In the Open with Luke and Joe
Description
In this episode, we are pleased to bring you a conversation with the Open Technology CTO and IBM Fellow Chris Ferris.
Chris Ferris, IBM Fellow & CTO Open Source Technology, @christo4ferris
Joe Sepi, Host, Open Source Engineer & Advocate, @joe_sepi
Luke Schantz, Host, Developer Advocate, Quantum Ambassador, @IBMDeveloper, @lukeschantz
Key Takeaways:
- [00:05 - 00:28 ] Intro to the episode
- [04:54 - 07:40 ] Chris shares his IBM story
- [07:57 - 11:51 ] IBM's open source story
- [13:20 - 16:05 ] The Value of Open Source in the Cloud Era
- [17:32 - 19:10 ] Important skills for those in open source
- [19:27 - 22:08 ] How IBM shares open source knowledge internally and with customers
- [23:44 - 27:19 ] The Open Source Security Foundation
- [32:23 - 36:17 ] Some things Chris is working on and excited about
- [41:12 - 42:54 ] The new data license agreement
Resources:
IBM's open-source story: https://www.ibm.com/opensource/story/
Red Hat State of Enterprise Open Source Report: https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-open-source-report/2022
Open Source Security Foundation: https://openssf.org/
IBM’s Project CodeNet -- a large dataset aimed at teaching AI to code: https://research.ibm.com/blog/codenet-ai-for-code
Project Ray -- Fast and Simple Distributed Computing: https://www.ray.io/
New collaborative data license agreement created to make sharing data sets easier -- Linux Foundation AI releases Community Data License Agreement v2 license, 364 words of data-sharing clarity: https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/new-collaborative-data-license-agreement-makes-sharing-data-sets-easier/
LinuxOne (Z/Linux) builds a platform for OSS projects: https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/utilize-linuxone-as-a-platform-to-build-open-source-technology/
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