Building Sustainable Open Source: The Harper Story
Blog post from Harper
Ethan Arrowood, Head of Open Source Engineering at Harper, shared insights at the Linux Foundation on how Harper transitioned to an open-source ecosystem with the launch of Harper v5, emphasizing business viability and community trust. Harper's approach involved a split-core licensing strategy, where the core platform is open source under the Apache 2.0 license, enterprise features are source-available under the Elastic License v2, and a managed SaaS platform funds development. The company prioritized engineering velocity by stabilizing builds, avoiding large refactors, and using Git effectively. To foster trust in the open-source community, Harper engaged actively through transparent communication channels like Discord and GitHub Discussions and maintained a human-in-the-loop contribution policy. Additionally, Harper emphasized the importance of supporting foundational open-source projects to mitigate operational risks.
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