ALTERNATE UNIVERSE DEV

The Craft of Open Source

Tom Moor, Founder @ Outline (GetOutline.com)

Transitioning from a closed source project to open source has its own challenges. Shedding light into the process, Ben Rometsch invites Tom Moor, the founder of Outline. Outline is becoming a widely adopted knowledge-base for leading companies around the world. It has grown incredibly fast with over 10,000 stars on Github and poised to continue it's growth with recent major products in this space being sunset. Together, they talk about Tom’s journey into starting his company as a side project, choosing the right software license and the associated risk of cutting off marketing share, and figuring out a way to build a business from the community.

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