In March 2024 Bruce Perens released a first draft of his "Post-Open License," which would require large companies using Post-Open software to pay a fee, while individuals and nonprofits will be able to use it for free.
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Be sure to take the included poll after you read this delve into Redis and the wishy-washy world that has become the company's relationship with open-source.
Garbage in, garbage out. Open Source Initiative is starting to look like an organization that's turning its back on its founding principles.
Under fire from several different camps for a variety of reasons, Open Source Initiative announces board candidates that, to the surprise of no one, doesn't include Luke Faraone.
As everybody from The Linux Foundation to Open Source Initiative to Facebook can tell you, figuring out how to make artificial intelligence platforms fit the Four Freedoms has been no easy task.
Will the partnership with Eclipse help OSI understand that the Open Source AI Definition fails to meet just about any open-source smell test?
Those who aren't familiar with the recent brouhaha between WordPress's Matt Mullenweg and the hosting site WP Engine need not worry. The story will unfold as we go along. Otherwise, follow the links along the way.
Today at All Things Open, Open Source Initiative announced the release of the Open Source AI Definition, possibly paving the way for open source AI licensing.
Although Elastic plans to make Elasticsearch and Kibana open source again in the "upcoming weeks," nothing is said about X-Pack, which will evidently continue to be only available under "fauxpen" licensing.
Grrr: TechRepublic Headline References Fauxpen Licenses as ‘Open Source’
Commentary and Licensing
An article in which our writer takes the competition to task for using the term "open source" in the headline to an article about "fauxpen source."