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mattgregon How to build an open source business

I love this point of view. We choose Apache2 because it's well understood and adopted, so it's not a blocker for developers to get started.

I think that the '20s are going to be exceptionally exciting for license models. We have our eye on all of these.

mattgregon How to build an open source business

Thanks for the note and for partaking in this discussion! The intent of this post was to share our route. There are all sorts of routes to multiple destinations. This is the flight plan we are choosing for our specific objectives. IMO very few things our zero-sum. Just because we pick this path doesn't mean that others are wrong or invalid. This route is based on my past experiences, which heavily influence my assumptions.

mattgregon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)

Ockam | Remote (US only) | Full-Time, Remote-OK | https://ockam.io

Ockam offers tools that help builders create IoT systems they can trust. Ockam's open source developer tools make it simple to send trustful end-to-end encrypted messages between connected devices and/or cloud services.

Here are our open roles:

- Embedded w/ Rust: https://www.ockam.io/team/Senior-Engineer-Embedded-Rust/31b8...

- Distributed systems w/ Elixir: https://www.ockam.io/team/Senior-Engineer-Elixir-Erlang/d93a...

mattgregon Ask HN: Companies working on hard tech problems?

ockam.io

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We'd love comments and discussion from the HN community!

mattgregon Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source

...exactly!

mattgregon Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source

We may have built it for you...if you go to our /learn page check out how we built the documentation sections. all the source is md in github. here is an example: https://www.ockam.io/learn/proposals/0003-key-agreement-xx/

note the 'edit on github' link on the right to get to the source.

mattgregon Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source

Huh. It looks fine on my Firefox browser...tell me more.

mattgregon Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source

Thanks for the heads up...Maybe the build we did this morning has a bug for firefox. Let me take a look.

mattgregon Ockam built a JAMStack site and it's 100% Open Source

Here is all the source code and build systems for the Ockam.io site: https://github.com/ockam-network/website

mattgregon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)

Ockam | Distributed-first Team w HQ in San Francisco | REMOTE | Full Time

Ockam offers tools that help builders to create IoT systems they can trust. The Open Source Ockam SDK makes it simple to interconnect secure hardware with software services to facilitate the trustful exchange of information within connected systems.

For further information: https://www.ockam.io/team