netstack.fm · February 17 · 1 hr 19 min

AI Policies, OSS Maintenance and EU Open Source Academy with Daniel Stenberg

episode 27: AI Policies, OSS Maintenance and EU Open Source Academy with Daniel Stenberg. This episode features a deep and pragmatic conversation with Daniel Stenberg, founder of cURL and president of the European Open Source Academy, reflecting on FOSDEM 2026, the growing role of open source in European policy, and what digital sovereignty means in practice; Daniel shares the motivation behind the EU funded Open Source Academy, discusses how maintainers are dealing with the rise of AI generated security reports, explains why cURL shut down its bug bounty program, and offers a balanced view on where LLM tools genuinely help in code review and security research versus where they create noise, all while highlighting the long term realities of maintaining critical infrastructure software for decades. Learn more: https://curl.se — cURL website https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/ — Daniel Stenberg blog https://fosdem.org — FOSDEM https://github.com/bagder/fosdem — FOSDEM tips repository https://europeanopensource.academy — European Open Source Academy Rama If you like this podcast you might also like our modular network framework in Rust: https://ramaproxy.org Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:21 Navigating FOSDEM: Insights and Experiences 06:16 The Role of Open Source in Policy and Society 10:53 Polhemsrådet and European Open Source Aacademy 23:19 The Future of Bug Bounty Programs and AI's Role 32:35 Good use of LLM technologies in context of cURL 42:32 Daniel's personal LLM usage 47:28 how AI might evolve and impact cURL in future 53:08 The Future of AI in Software Development 56:02 Continuous Improvement in Curl 01:02:12 Mentorship and Community in Open Source 01:07:41 Very quick intro to some more obscure protocols supported by cURL 01:18:54 Outro Netstack.FM More information: https://netstack.fm/#episode-27 Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/29EetaSYCD Reach out to us: hello@netstack.fm Music for this episode was composed by Dj Mailbox. Listen to his music at https://on.soundcloud.com/4MRyPSNj8FZoVGpytj

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episode 27: AI Policies, OSS Maintenance and EU Open Source Academy with Daniel Stenberg.

This episode features a deep and pragmatic conversation with Daniel Stenberg, founder of cURL and president of the European Open Source Academy, reflecting on FOSDEM 2026, the growing role of open source in European policy, and what digital sovereignty means in practice; Daniel shares the motivation behind the EU funded Open Source Academy, discusses how maintainers are dealing with the rise of AI generated security reports, explains why cURL shut down its bug bounty program, and offers a balanced view on where LLM tools genuinely help in code review and security research versus where they create noise, all while highlighting the long term realities of maintaining critical infrastructure software for decades.

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