Working in the open is an ethos, and it takes time to spread
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podcasting was born in open source, but then quickly it just went, it became closed source, and it lived in that world for, you know, a decade, 17 years.
Episode 189: All Carrot and No Stick! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:45:00 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Podcasting was born in open source, then spent well over a decade closed. When Podcasting 2.0 arrived, it took people a couple of years to get comfortable releasing their ideas and code in public, because openness is an attitude and an ethos, not just a license. Now it's common.