Why I Licensed Everything Apache 2.0
License choice is a product decision, not just a legal formality. Apache 2.0 over MIT isn't paranoia — it's the patent protection clause, which matters specifically for security software.
License choice is a product decision, not just a legal formality. Apache 2.0 over MIT isn't paranoia — it's the patent protection clause, which matters specifically for security software.
I started publishing everything I built six weeks ago. Eight repositories, zero marketing budget, one unexpected outcome: writing about the work changed how I do the work.
Commercialized events. Alcohol at ten in the morning. Being excluded from a conference without anyone asking my side. The NOG circuit gave me some of the best relationships of my career. It also gave me this.
The internet industry talks a lot about uptime, redundancy, and resilience. But when it comes to the people running the networks, we have no failover. FOGHORN is my attempt to change that.