# \#events

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## [The Maintainer Shortage: When the Lights Are On, but Nobody's Home](https://discuss.opensource.org/t/the-maintainer-shortage-when-the-lights-are-on-but-nobodys-home/1040)

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**Author:** [@francesco](https://discuss.opensource.org/u/francesco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.opensource.org/t/the-maintainer-shortage-when-the-lights-are-on-but-nobodys-home/1040 "2025-05-01T18:40:37Z")

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In the GNU/FOSS and broader open source world, we often hear that there aren’t enough maintainers, that projects are struggling, and that the workload is overwhelming. This is true. But it’s also true that many communi…

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## [Regarding the 2025 Elections and the Linkedin post by Sam Johnston](https://discuss.opensource.org/t/regarding-the-2025-elections-and-the-linkedin-post-by-sam-johnston/828)

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**Author:** [@andrew-demarsh](https://discuss.opensource.org/u/andrew-demarsh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.opensource.org/t/regarding-the-2025-elections-and-the-linkedin-post-by-sam-johnston/828 "2025-02-25T13:37:22Z")

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I’d like to make it known that a person known as Sam Johnston has seemingly come up with a list of current OSI members and has blindly connected them to users on Linkedin. See full thread as of 13:30 UTC Mon Feb 24th. …

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## [ClearlyDefined at SOSS Fusion 2024: a collaborative solution to Open Source license compliance](https://discuss.opensource.org/t/clearlydefined-at-soss-fusion-2024-a-collaborative-solution-to-open-source-license-compliance/767)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discuss.opensource.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.opensource.org/t/clearlydefined-at-soss-fusion-2024-a-collaborative-solution-to-open-source-license-compliance/767 "2024-11-08T11:53:36Z")

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Originally published at: ClearlyDefined at SOSS Fusion 2024: a collaborative solution to Open Source license compliance – Open Source Initiative The Open Source Initiative in collaboration with GitHub and SAP present…