The article discusses how businesses can leverage open source innovation while maintaining profitability. It emphasizes the importance of platforms and multi-layered product strategies, including free and paid offerings. The text advises on the significance of intellectual property protection and adapting to emerging agentic engineering to thrive in evolving competitive landscapes.
Open source communities are facing an existential crisis as AI and agentic systems reshape the landscape. With code generation tools flooding the market, traditional notions of value and collaboration are crumbling. If we fail to adapt our governance models, we risk empowering monopolistic forces that threaten the very essence of open source innovation.
I recently wrote 2 essays on the subject of AI Native Automation over on the AINT blog. The gist of them is simple: AI Native platforms are about to disrupt - and maybe disembowel - what we know today as devops AI Native platforms are about to dramatically increase the scope of open source ecosystems… Continue reading AI Native and the Open Source Supply Chain
