Collaborate Disseminate
Mishaal Rahman reports via Android Authority: Earlier today, a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google who, according to their LinkedIn, leads the Android Systems Team and works on Android’s Linux kernel fork, submitted a series of patches to AOSP tha… Continue reading Google Removes RISC-V Support From Android Common Kernel, Denies Abandoning Its Efforts
After convincing the world to buy open source and give up the Morse Code test for ham radio licenses, Bruce Perens has a new gambit: develop a license that ensures software developers receive compensation from large corporations using their work. The n… Continue reading Bruce Perens Emits Draft Post-Open Zero Cost License
ReneR writes: A major T2 Linux milestone has been released, shipping with full support for 25 CPU architectures and several C libraries, as well as restored support for Intel IA-64 Itanium. Additionally, many vintage X.org DDX drivers were fixed and te… Continue reading T2 Linux 24.5 Released
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Home Assistant, until recently, has been a wide-ranging and hard-to-define project. The open smart home platform is an open source OS you can run anywhere that aims to connect all your devices toge… Continue reading Home Assistant Has a New Foundation, Goal To Become a Consumer Brand
Why is Telegram’s server-side code closed source, but the client code is open source? Does having closed source servers improve its security?
Telegram FAQ page:
Q: Can I get Telegram’s server-side code?
[…]
By contrast [to the client apps… Continue reading Why is Telegram’s server-side code closed source?
The Linux Foundation-backed project OpenTofu “has gotten legal pushback from HashiCorp,” according to a report — just seven months after forking OpenTofu’s code from HashiCorp’s IT deployment software Terraform:
On April 3, HashiCorp issued a st… Continue reading The Linux Foundation’s ‘OpenTofu’ Project Denies HashiCorp’s Allegations of Code Theft
The foundations behind Rust, Python, Apache, Eclipse, PHP, OpenSSL, and Blender announced plans to create “common specifications for secure software development,” based on “existing open source best practices.”
From the Eclipse Foundation:
This colla… Continue reading Rust, Python, Apache Foundations and Others Announce Big Collaboration on Cybersecurity Process Specifications
Here’s a hot topic:
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users
https://lwn.net/Articles/967180/
https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20240329155126.kjjfduxw2yrlxgzm@awork3.anarazel.de/
I’m not an expert i… Continue reading XZ compromise and consequences for people having used it
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Given the recent change by Redis to adopt dual source-available licensing for all their releases moving forward (Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1), the Linux Foundation announced … Continue reading Linux Foundation Launches Valkey As A Redis Fork
Longtime Slashdot reader jgulla shares an announcement from Redis: Beginning today, all future versions of Redis will be released with source-available licenses. Starting with Redis 7.4, Redis will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available Lice… Continue reading Redis To Adopt ‘Source-Available Licensing’ Starting With Next Version