Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing | TechCrunch
New alternative category to 'closed source' could help companies monetize software in the open -- without going all-in on open source.
Home - FAIR
FAIR.pm is a groundbreaking new way of distributing software from a decentralized group of repositories. Discover, trust, install: FAIR 1.4.0 is here Decentralised WordPress packages are here. The working group for Federated And Independent Repositories is excited to announce its 1.4.0 Release. FAIR’s primary goal is to improve security in the software supply chain while […]
Reimagining OSS Licensing and Commercialization with Fair Source - Adam Jacob, System Initiative
Sorting out the Ethical Licensing Mess
Software developers who give the world, for free, usage rights to the code they write often use open source licenses to make this gift legally explicit. These free usage rights (and then some) are …
It’s time to rethink Open Source
Why developers give away valuable work for free — and what can be done to take that money back.
Hackathon on Decentralised Media - TEP (Trusted European Platforms) Bluesky, Nostr · Luma
Every year, thousands of developers of free and open-source software from all over the world gather at FOSDEM. For two weeks around this event – from the 26th…
Block - Open Source
By collaborating in the open, we create higher quality software, hardware, and protocols through relentless collective examination, and also ensure our systems, hardware, and protocols evolve to meet real-world needs.
Front Page — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software
The technology overrunning our communities isn't built for the benefit of humanity: it's built so that billionaires can control us. Our lives don't have to be this way. The FSF empowers users with free software, technology built through global collaboration, mutual respect, and above all, freedom. The FSF will always continue to resist the encroachment of nonfree software. We're fighting to protect all computer users and build a better future.
Open Source Endowment — World's First Endowment Fund for OSS
The Open Source Endowment provides truly sustainable funding for critical open source software through a community-driven endowment model.
a decentralized code competition platform built on the AT Protocol. publish problems, compete in real-time, own your data.
GO FAIR initiative: Make your data & services FAIR
A bottom-up international approach for the practical implementation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as part of a global Internet of FAIR Data & Services
Fair Source is an alternative to closed source, allowing you to safely share access to your core products. Fair Source Software (FSS) can be used with minimal restrictions, and becomes Open Source after a period of time.
