Open source can be legally open yet practically closed.

We can all read the code and reuse the licence. But who gets heard, who gets funded, who sets direction, and who feels welcome? This is still shaped by time zones, language, access to money and mentoring, and project governance.

This BoF is a structured, friendly discussion for maintainers, contributors, newcomers, community folks, designers, docs writers, translators, researchers, event organisers, and anyone affected by open-source decisions (even if you've never opened a PR).

We'll map the points where openness breaks, share approaches that have worked, and leave with 2-3 concrete actions we can try in the next few months: small, testable steps that make participation wider and influence more fairly distributed.