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What Happens After You Fork an OSS Project?

Location Glasgow, UK
Dates Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026
Presentation Oct 11, 2026
Speaker
Peter Zaitsev
Peter Zaitsev

Founder | Open-Source Advocate | Technologist | Boards Member, Advisor & Mentor

Co‑founder of Percona

Abstract

This presentation examines what happened to major forks that emerged after the high-profile license changes of recent years - including Redis, Elasticsearch, Terraform, and others. Are these projects healthy and gaining traction, or struggling to build momentum? We’ll review real data, adoption signals, and ecosystem growth to see which forks succeeded, which stalled, and why.

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What Happens After You Fork an OSS Project?

Speaker Bios

Peter Zaitsev

Founder | Open-Source Advocate | Technologist | Boards Member, Advisor & Mentor

Co‑founder of Percona

Co‑founder of Percona and one of the foremost experts on MySQL strategy and optimization. Peter leveraged both his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two‑person shop to one of the most respected open source companies in the business. A serial entrepreneur, he co‑founded his first startup while attending Moscow State University where he majored in Computer Science. He is a co‑author of High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance. Peter frequently speaks as an expert lecturer at open source database conferences and has contributed articles to outlets such as Fortune and DZone.

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