The Rules of Open Source No Longer Apply | Built In

When free software first gained traction, the world looked very different.

Producing Open Source Software

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#wontfix

endorsements can’t fix the Open Source Definition

The Copyleft Bust Up

loopholes, licenses, and realpolitik in open source

Linking the world's research to the code it runs on - OpenAlex blog

Research relies on software. Software written by scientists, for science, runs through the entire modern research stack: NumPy and SciPy, R and ggplot2, Jupyter, BLAST, ImageJ, AlphaFold. Yet in the scholarly record, that software is nearly invisible. Software is not usually cited formally in publications and is usually just mentioned in the text, which means […]

Why your Open Source Project might lack (my?) contribution (1)

"In this article I describe some things to consider when maintaining

Open Source is Not About You

Open Source is Not About You · GitHub

Emelia (@thisismissem.social)

Their code was messy to say the least & did things that simply made no sense to do if you want to preserve interoperability. It looked more vibe coded than written by a competent developer. A few of us tried to nudge them in the right direction, and then they went closed source.

I Don’t Want to Know What “Open Source” Means

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all on GitHub.

OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs | TechCrunch

OpenAI is using AI to help the open source community better protect itself.

Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Palantir have a message for Washington - AOL

For his first-ever post on X, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shared an open letter to DC calling for the protection of open source AI.

An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet

‘Our models took actions we did not intend,’ ChatGPT maker admits after latest outrage

OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs

OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.

OpenTools on Twitter / X

Yesterday @AnthropicAI announced the official MCP registry API at @aiDotEngineer 🎉This is fantastic news for us because we’ve wanted *the* source of truth. We made https://t.co/DQJVFx2J8P on day 1 to fill that gap for the community.Here’s what the API means for MCP and us... pic.twitter.com/tKDnbZqoV2— OpenTools (@opentools_) February 23, 2025

How Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project

I received an official response from Replit and my open-source project will be back up soon; please see the bottom of the blog post for an update. The rest of the content here will remain as a historical artifact.