XWiki: a case study on managing corporate and community interests

In this talk we will look at how XWiki SAS has been able over 14 years to build XWiki as Open Source and also launch recently the CryptPad project while keeping an honest community open and a fair Open Source model. What has been the challenges to make this happen and what questions have been asked internally. We will also discuss what criteria are or not compatible with an Open Source project and an fair and honest community oriented process.

XWiki is and Open Source software created 14 years ago by Ludovic Dubost and developed under the LGPL licence. The XWiki software is used by thousands of companies to help them organize information. CryptPad, created by the XWiki team in 2016, is a realtime encrypted pad allowing to share information without exposing your content to your cloud provider.