AI-assisted development and software agents are changing how open-source software is reused. Code can now be referenced, rewritten, or propagated through AI workflows without showing up in package manifests, forks, or traditional dependency graphs.

This creates a new challenge for open-source communities: how do we preserve attribution, provenance, maintainer visibility, and long-term sustainability without restricting software freedom or blocking AI usage?

This panel will discuss how open-source infrastructure may need to evolve in the agentic era, covering machine-readable attribution, dependency visibility, maintainer metadata, voluntary pledges, public accountability, and AI-era licensing. Using OpenSeed and the draft OpenSeed Agentic Open License 0.1 as a case study, we will explore how communities can keep open-source ecosystems visible, accountable, and sustainable as AI changes the meaning of downstream reuse.

Speakers:

Ian Xu: Founder of OpenSeed, Board Member of KAIYUANSHE, Co-founder of OpenBuild

Founder of OpenSeed, Board Member of KAIYUANSHE, Co-founder of OpenBuild