Melanie Rieback
Founder of Radically Open Security and lecturer in post-growth entrepreneurship, with a background in pen testing and academic computer science who built a nonprofit-aligned cybersecurity firm that donates profits to open source and digital rights causes.
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Apr 29, 2025 • 44min
The Case For Steward Ownership And Open Source With Melanie Rieback
Melanie Rieback, founder of Radically Open Security and lecturer in post-growth entrepreneurship, rebuilt a cybersecurity firm that donates profits to open source causes. She describes running a nonprofit-aligned security collective, steward-ownership as a way to lock in mission over profit, and how alternative fiscal models and horizontal governance can fund and protect open source infrastructure.
