Category Archives: opensource

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s … Continue reading Startups Are Going ‘Fair Source’ To Avoid Pitfalls of Open Source Licensing→

“In the era of the open source rug pull, the role of open source foundations is more important than ever,” argues the co-founder of the developer-focused industry analyst firm RedMonk:

The “rug pull” here refers to companies that have used open sour… Continue reading As Companies Try ‘Open Source Rug Pull’, Open Source Foundations Considered Helpful→

An anonymous reader shared this report from DecClass:

A report from developer-focused analyst Redmonk finds “there does not seem to be a clear link between moving from an open source to proprietary license and increasing the company’s value.”

Senio… Continue reading Changing Open Source Licenses to Proprietary? Study Finds ‘No Clear Link’ to Increased Company Value→

Long-time FOSS-watcher Bruce Byfield writes that while people “still dream of a completely free alternative, increasingly the emphasis in FOSS seems to be on accepting coexistence with proprietary software.”
Many, too, have always preferred the permiss… Continue reading How Should the FOSS Movement Respond to Proprietary Software?→

Elastic, creator of popular search engine Elasticsearch and visualization tool Kibana, plans to introduce the AGPL open-source license alongside its existing licenses. The move comes three years after Elastic ditched the Apache 2.0 license, sparking co… Continue reading Elasticsearch Will Be Open Source Again as CTO Declares Changed Landscape→

“Dirk Hohndel, a Linux kernel developer and long-time open source leader, wanted his audience at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2024 Summit China to know he’s not a Valkey developer,” writes Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. “He’s a Valke… Continue reading Open Source Redis Fork ‘Valkey’ Has Momentum, Improvements, and Speed, Says Dirk Hohndel→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Open Source Initiative (OSI) recently unveiled its latest draft definition for “open source AI,” aiming to clarify the ambiguous use of the term in the fast-moving field. The move comes as some… Continue reading How Do You Define ‘Open Source AI’?→

“At The Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit China conference, Linus Torvalds and his buddy Dirk Hohndel, Verizon’s Head of the Open Source Program Office, once more chatted about Linux development and related issues,” reports ZDNet:

Torvalds: “Late… Continue reading Linus Torvalds Talks About Rust Adoption and AI→