Improving country-level competitiveness through open source consortia
The German economy would be better off, and overall more competitive, if its participants collaborated on the development of open-source software they need to operate their business. They could free...
View ArticleThe software bill of materials [Computer Magazine]
I’m happy to report that the 34th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. As always, please consider writing an article proposal! Title The Software Bill of Materials...
View ArticleRe-relicensing to open source explained
In March 2024, Redis removed the open source license of its popular in-memory database and added the SSPL-1.0 license, a non-open source license according to the Open Source Initiative, the steward of...
View ArticleThe new coming relicensing scare?
What if commercial source-available vendors stopped licensing their product under their source-available license and only offered a traditional commercial license? In my current research interviews on...
View ArticleFrom data to action: Building healthy and sustainable open source projects...
I’m happy to report that the 35th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. As always, please consider writing an article proposal! Title From data to action: Building...
View ArticleOptions to have your open-source software and sustain it too
I’m just off a call with a public official discussing their options for an open source future. The topic was the domain-specific software needed by any agency, institution, or government (not generic...
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