Gnome Fundraiser Asks You to Donate Less
Why is this GNOME fundraiser suggesting you donate less? Because steady beats flashy—and sometimes less means more.
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Gnome’s New Director Tackles Funding, Pride and Prejudice
Given the current political climate in the US and parts of Europe, it’s not surprising that the haters have been targeting one of open source’s most beloved projects.
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Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Open Source Labs Badly Needs Your Help!
An organization that among other things provides hosting for over 500 free and open source projects from all over the world suddenly finds itself needing a helping hand.
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Petition Attempts to Force OSI to Release Complete Vote Count
When it comes to Open Source Initiative’s 2025 board election, we’re reminded of Yogi Berra’s observation that, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”
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After Three Years, AlmaLinux Is Having an Election
Here’s some preliminary information about AlmaLinux OS Foundation’s upcoming board election. We’ll keep you up-to-date as we learn more.
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Is Open Source Initiative Staring Into the Face of Irrelevancy?
To the extent that Open Source Initiative is known, today it is perhaps best known for controversy rather than for its guardianship of open source.
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Zoë Kooyman on Post-Stallman Changes at the Free Software Foundation (Part 2)
In this second of our two part interview, Kooyman talks about moves the foundation has made to remain resilient and relevant in an ever changing world where nothing is certain.
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OSI’s Questionable Election Returns Questionable Results
At this point, Open Source Initiative is starting to look like an organization that’s willingly turning its back on its founding principles.
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Zoë Kooyman on Post-Stallman Changes at the Free Software Foundation
In this, the first of a two part interview, the Free Software Foundation’s executive director Zoë Kooyman talks about changes at FSF since Richard Stallman stepped down as president about six years ago, the difference between “free software” and “open …
With Google Going Bye-Bye, Mozilla’s Evidently Found a New Money Stream… Selling Your Data
Mozilla is evidently selling your data down river, while continuing to brag about how much it’s protecting your privacy.
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OSI’s Roster of Board Election Candidates Doesn’t Include Faraone
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.
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OSI’s Continually Changing Election Story
As OSI attempts to do damage control on social media without admitting that it made a mistake that needs to be rectified, more evidence surfaces indicating that the organization might be trying to change facts after the fact.
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OSI to Faraone: Too Friggin’ Bad
Remember the classic headline from the 1970s: “Ford to city — drop dead?” Well, this is how it looks, transcribed to open source in the 21st century. It’s a different scale, but…
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Is OSAID to Blame for OSI’s Latest Election Misstep?
Inquiring minds want to know if a potential candidate’s opposition to OSI’s Open Source AI Definition is the reason it pulled a previously unknown time zone rule out of a magic hat to deny his nomination.
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Google Kinda Gives Chromium Away Because… Antitrust
From where we sit, Google’s “giveaway” of it’s open source Chromium assets is basically a ruse to convince the feds that the company isn’t an intentional monopolist.
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Apache Software Foundation’s New President, Ruth Suehle, to Focus on Security and Community
On Monday, the Apache Software Foundation announced that Ruth Suehle has replaced David Nalley as the foundation’s president.
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Gnome Foundation’s Financial Woes Worsen
The Gnome Foundation indicates increased belt tightening in its new budget due to continuing financial woes.
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If You Wanna Be Gnome’s Executive Director You Have a Week to Apply
Two months after Holly Million tendered her resignation — and a month-and-a-half after leaving — the financially strapped Gnome Foundation announces that the search is on for a new executive director.
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Free Software Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Its Boston Headquarters on Friday
On August 30, 2024 the Free Software Foundation will close its office for the last time as the organization goes all remote.
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For Good Reason, Apache Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iconic Feather Logo
The Apache Software Foundation is making changes in an attempt to right a wrong it unintentionally created when it adopted its name 25-years ago.
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