Christian Grobmeier

Felix Reda, Director of Developer Policy at GitHub and open source funding advocate, joins Christian Grobmeier, a seasoned Apache Log4J maintainer, to dissect the significant fallout from the Log4Shell vulnerability. They detail how this incident reshaped government views on open source and spurred the creation of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund. The duo discusses the surprising dynamics of project funding, the importance of community health for sustainability, and the lessons learned about diverse funding models that could shape future policies.