Conifer FLOSSTech and LUG

Open Source Software - Part 1

The rise of OSS

Time for Net Giants to Pay Fairly for the Open Source on Which They Depend | Linux Journal

Licensing lies at the heart of open source. Arguably, free software began with the publication of the GNU GPL in 1989. And since then, open-source projects are defined as such by virtue of the licenses they adopt and whether the latter meet the Open Source Definition. The continuing importance of licensing is shown by the periodic flame wars that erupt in this area. Recently, there have been two such flarings of strong feelings, both of which raise important issues.

Roadmap: Open Source

After years of investing in open source software, we’re releasing our thinking on what positions these companies as emerging technology giants.

Platform Cooperativism as a Critique of Open-Source

I am a pretty assiduous digital commoner, for what it’s worth. I almost exclusively use free/libre/open-source software (hereafter FLOSS), evangelistically so. I try to practice open journali…

About | Open Source Ecology

The mission of Open Source Ecology (OSE) is to create the open source economy. An open source, libre economy is an efficient economy which increases innovation by open collaboration. To get there, OSE is currently developing a set of open source blueprints for the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) – a set of the 50 most important machines that it takes for modern life to exist – everything from a tractor, to an oven, to a circuit maker.

How to Make Money from Open Source Platforms - Linux.com

John Mark Walker is the Open Source Ecosystems Manager at Red Hat. I never thought I’d have to write this article in 2015. By now, I thought it would be self-evident how to derive revenue from open source software platforms. But alas, no. Despite the fact that the success of open source software is unparalleled and […]

Open source and the software supply chain

Managing something as esoteric as resources for building software with a variety of contributions made by the open source community is more amorphic.

delftopenhardware/awesome-open-hardware

🛠Helpful items for making open source hardware projects.

FOSS funding, co-operation, and the Digital Life Collective

Free open-source software (FOSS) is the bedrock of our digital world. This is a story about getting funding for FOSS engineering…

Boulder Linux Users Group (BLUG) | Meetup

The Boulder Linux Users Group is a group of hobbyists, professionals and enthusiasts from all walks of life joined by a common interest in using, administering, or developing Free Software for Linux-based operating systems since 1996. See our web site at [http://lug.boulder.co.us/](http://lug.boulde

Nominate OSS for Funding — Open Source Endowment

Nominate critical, underfunded open source projects for OSE grant funding through our open, community-developed model.

The Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) License Slide

There are a large number of Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, but only a few are widely used. The widely-used licenses tend to be compatible, i.e., the software can be combined to produce a larger work. The following “license slide” figure makes it easy to see when common licenses can be combined:

Drips | Fund Open Source In Your Ecosystem

Drips is the easiest way to fund Open Source in your ecosystem. Fund your dependencies with built-in dependency splitting, run RetroPGF rounds, and achieve any

Post-Open Source

FOSS is dead. what now?