Reposted by Paul SharrattWill Lowe @conjugateprior.org · 05/10/2026A former student working at @sovereign.tech, here in Berlin tells me they are looking for a Director of Technology. Looks like a *great* job.sovereign.techDirector of Technology (all genders) | Sovereign Tech Agency 053
Reposted by Paul SharrattSovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 04/03/2026In Brussels 🇪🇺 today, Paul Sharratt is participating in the 4th meeting of the #CyberResilienceAct Expert Group, representing @sovereign.tech Agency in discussions on #CRA implementation. Drawing on our experience in the open source ecosystem, we are contributing expertise to help ensure the CRA 1/3 121
Paul Sharratt @psharratt.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Imagine what Melville would have made of the slow-moving furniture lift? He’d have milked it for all it was worth. 120
Paul Sharratt @psharratt.bsky.social · 28/07/2025“It's people like that who make you realize how little you've accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.” 010
Reposted by Paul Sharrattwojtek 🧢 @wojtekmandrysz.com · 24/04/2025@nathalievanraemdonck.com great talk! 142
Reposted by Paul SharrattDr. Dawn Foster @geekygirldawn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025It's not too late to register for State of Open Con in London on Feb 4 -5! I'll be on the keynote stage and joining a panel to talk about open source rug pulls, relicensing, and forks. I hope you'll join me! stateofopencon.com/attend-2025/ #StateOfOpenCon #SOOCon25 121
Reposted by Paul SharrattSovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 13/12/2024In collaboration with Cailean Osborne, @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social, @psharratt.bsky.social , STA’s Policy and Research Manager, has co-authored "A Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development." 2/3 132
Reposted by Paul SharrattSovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 19/11/2024What’s the Impact of Funding Open Source? Check out the paper that @psharratt.bsky.social presented at OpenForum Symposium together with Cailean Osborne (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), @geekygirldawn.bsky.social CHAOSS and Mirko Boehm linuxfoundation.org arxiv.org/abs/2411.06027 042
Paul Sharratt @psharratt.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Written with Cailean Osborne (lead), @geekygirldawn.bsky.social, and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social, this paper should be a useful resource for funders, policymakers, and OSS communities alike you can read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2411.06027 (2/2)arxiv.orgA Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software DevelopmentGovernments are increasingly employing funding for open source software (OSS) development as a policy lever to support the security of software supply chains, digital sovereignty, economic growth, and... 042
Paul Sharratt @psharratt.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'm beyond chuffed to present our paper on methods to measure the impact of public funding on OSS development at the OFA Symposium at Harvard's Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute this week. (1/2)symposium.openforumeurope.orgOFA Symposium – The OpenForum Academy Symposium 120
Reposted by Paul SharrattDr. Dawn Foster @geekygirldawn.bsky.social · 12/11/2024(3/3) Second, I'm going to talk about the research I've been doing to look at projects that have relicensed to non-oss licenses that have resulted in forks. You can find the paper, presentation, and data here: github.com/chaoss/wg-da...github.comwg-data-science/publications at main · chaoss/wg-data-scienceCHAOSS Data Science Working Group: collaborate and improve open source project health using data science-based approaches - chaoss/wg-data-science 011
Reposted by Paul SharrattDr. Dawn Foster @geekygirldawn.bsky.social · 12/11/2024(2/3) First, we're talking about a toolkit for measuring the impact of public funding for OSS projects. This is work I've been doing with @psharratt.bsky.social Cailean Osborne and @mirkoboehm.bsky.social. This NGI post has a good summary: commons.ngi.eu/2024/11/12/m... and has a link to the paper.commons.ngi.euMeasuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software DevelopmentOpen source software (OSS) has become critical digital infrastructure, powering approximately 96% of codebases and constituting up to 90% of commercial software stacks. Traditionally maintained by vol... 131
Reposted by Paul SharrattDr. Dawn Foster @geekygirldawn.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'm super excited to be in Boston this week for OFE's OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium where I get to talk about some of the research I've been doing! symposium.openforumeurope.org (1/3)symposium.openforumeurope.orgOFA Symposium – The OpenForum Academy Symposium 142
