As part of the xz discussion, some asserted that “paying maintainers doesn’t work—we tried to give people money and they wouldn’t take it.” Suffice ...
Late last week, a developer noticed some unusual behavior on their computer, investigated it, and uncovered a hack of epic scope, in an obscure but ...
Improving the health and security of open source is an old problem. In the past 25 years companies have been formed, foundations have been funded, ...
Last week I spoke at two universities, where faculty and students are trying to untangle the future of AI. I came away from the experience more ...
Our friends at the Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I), a federal interagency and stakeholder working group, recently released their ...
“How much is open source worth?” is an age-old question. Thanks to new work from professors at Harvard and University of Toronto, it is also a ...
My post last week on the litigation between Vizio and the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) over the General Public License (GPL) seems to have ...
Last week an important judicial ruling came down on a very intriguing case about open source license compliance. In this post, I'll talk about what ...
At Tidelift, we have believed since day one that understanding, and supporting, the motivation of open source maintainers is critical to making open ...