2026-04-25 19:51:02
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bund in der Abhängigkeitsfalle: Kostenexplosion bei Microsoft-Lizenzen
I like to think this is due to the single email I sent to my state representative.
https://ostechnix.com/colorado-california-age-verification-law-open-source-exempt/
➡️ Scrapy - Open-source framework for efficient web scraping and data extraction
#bookmarks
RE: https://dice.camp/@realms/116459545804565917
I'd argue that "AI"-based development creates a bigger attack surface on closed source/proprietary software than open source software:
1. It's more likely that internal software development uses LLMs as they're most affordable to companies; leaving them more vulnerable to prompt injection and other types of attacks targeting LLM use.
2. It's more likely that internal commits aren't vetted as much (or even purely vibe-coded) as ones in open source projects.
3. It's more likely that attacks on open source projects are discovered quicker.
Also a reminder that the "Mythos" thing—like all the other doomerist things coming out of "AI" companies—is a marketing stunt to get Anthropic free press coverage.
Fortune: #DeepSeek unveils V4 model, with rock-bottom prices and close integration with Huawei’s chips https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/deepseek-v4-ai-model-price-perfor…
OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s MythoOpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic’s Mythos
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-launche
from my link log —
Gecko: a fast GLR parser with automatic syntax error recovery.
https://vnmakarov.github.io/parsing/compilers/c/open-source/2026/04/22/gecko-glr.html
saved 2026-04-23
OpenAI unveils an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model, launches the Patch the Planet initiative in partnership with Trail of Bits to fix open source bugs, and more (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-launche
RE: https://mastodon.social/@hyc/116816916444068291
This entirely unnecessary NDA culture has been commercial poison for me for the past 15 years and also a huge problem for the open source projects themselves. NDAs are a legalese subversion of open so…
Fiktives Vertriebsgespräch eines Dienstleisters für $OPEN_SOURCE: "Sie müssen wissen, Herr $KUNDE, bei uns arbeitet einer der drei Haupt-Entwickler der Software. Wissen und Support sozusagen aus erster Hand." – "Schön und gut. Aber wenn ich $CLOSED_SOURCE beim $HERSTELLER kaufe, dann arbeiten ALLE Entwickler da, nicht nur einer der Haupt-Entwickler." #justthinkin
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Jump Source ft. Loukeman:
🎵 Affect
#JumpSourceftLoukeman
https://jumpsource.bandcamp.com/track/affect-ft-loukeman
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Qd5NnEFHNh1qAeiPenjnu
«AI Slop oder besserer Code — GCC-Arbeitsgruppe für KI-Richtlinien gestartet:
Die Working Group for GCC AI Policy soll festlegen, inwiefern Contributors KI-Tools beim Entwickeln der GNU Compiler Collection nutzen dürfen.»
Da bin ich mal gespannt wie sich das auswirkt und ob dadurch die IT-Sicherheit im Open-Source Bereich wirklich erhöht wird.
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{tesseract} allows you to read text from images https://docs.ropensci.org/tesseract/ it can also be combined with {magick} https://ropen…
#Zürich hat geprüft, ob #OpenDesk #Microsoft365 in der Verwaltung ersetzen kann.
Das Ergebnis: Für viele Büroaufgaben reicht die Open-Source-Lösung bereits aus, etwa bei Mail, Kalender, …
Right, time to crank out some open source PR's out
@… my context was:
― the The AI/ML Security Working Group.
The working group is an Open Source Security Foundation project. The OpenSSF is a project of the Linux Foundation.
If you must use extreme, inflammatory phrases such as "the beast" and "shitcan" in the future:
― be clearer about the meanings.
Cc
EOLE Evento europeo sul diritto all'open source e al software libero. Workshop di apertura online domani 25 giugno 2026 (dalle 15:00 alle 17:30 CEST)
L'Europa ha riscoperto la "sovranitŠ" attraverso un'ondata di nuove regolamentazioni - Legge sulla resilienza informatica, Legge sull'IA, gare d'appalto per la sovranitŠ del cloud. EOLE 2026 adotta un punto di partenza opposto: il Software Libero, l'Open Source e l'IA aperta perseguono l'autonomia…
I've recently talked with @… who brought up to my attention a 3D printers company I've never heard of: #snapmaker.
While there're not fully open-source, they are still more leaning towards that than some other companies, and they offer quite some…
Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers and seeking to build self-improving AI for open-source developers, raised a $200M seed at a $1B valuation (Tina Li/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai…
This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/
On May 26, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, the CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations team executed a coordinated takedown of the Glassworm botnet, a global threat targeting software developers through the open-source supply chain.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/ins…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
Jump Source ft. POiSON GiRL FRiEND:
🎵 Close
#JumpSourceftPOiSONGiRLFRiEND
https://jumpsource.bandcamp.com/track/close-ft-poison-girl-friend
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CVubsu8aHYG5QztcKmsLz
from my link log —
Open access to standards documents.
https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-open-access-to-standards-documents/90856
saved 2026-05-21
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (#ICCL) has released an open source tool designed to reduce LLM hallucinations.
If my 15-year-old PC had a GPU I'd be tempted to give it a try.
https://www.
My neurologist advised that I should try EEG Neurofeedback. Unfortunately public health insurance doesn't cover it.
Well, I'm just going to DIY it. I just ordered an open source Neurofeedback device with some electrodes.
https://www.olimex.com/Products/EEG/OpenEE
https://open-source-wettbewerb.de/
> das Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung übernimmt erneut die Schirmherrschaft für den Open Source Wettbewerb.
> Der Wettbewerb zeichnet Projekte aus, die digitale Verwaltungsprozesse verbessern, die Zusammenarbeit in der Verwaltung …
«#Zürich will sich von teurer #Microsoft-Software lösen – doch da gibt es ein Problem:
Die Zürcher Stadtverwaltung soll sich aus dem #M365-Würgegriff lösen und auf eine europäische
I like to think this is due to the single email I sent to my state representative.
https://ostechnix.com/colorado-california-age-verification-law-open-source-exempt/
IResearch is an Apache 2.0 C search engine built to live inside databases.
Andrey Abramov is joining #bbuzz26 to benchmark it against leading open-source search engines, and explore how database-native search fits modern query execution.
Learn more: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/session/c-search-for-database-kernels-built-in-not-bolted-on/
I believe that we in the US will begin to face a hard question:
We will soon, I hope, begin cleaning up the trump/maga mess.
Given that the trump/maga actors have engaged in inhumane, unlawful, and racist destruction of people and institutions I wonder about the following:
Should those people be protected by our Constitutional norms or will we want to, or need to, bypass our legal protections and procedures as we pursue punishment, disgorgement of ill gains, and compensatio…
Am 5. Mai gibt es wieder ein lokales "Free Software Foundation Europe"-Treffen in Wien! Komm vorbei, wenn dich die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Aspekte von Freier Software/Open Source Software interessieren und du dich mit anderen austauschen möchtest!
Wann?
Dienstag, 5. Mai 2026
Ab 18:30 Uhr gemütliches Ankommen
Um 19:00 Uhr Start
Wo?
Im @…
"PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, and other popular open source systems are not measured in and of themselves – only as part of commercial services."
What is the purpose of essentially delisting #PostgreSQL, #MySQL,
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bund in der Abhängigkeitsfalle: Kostenexplosion bei Microsoft-Lizenzen
Part 1 of a new short story by Linda Teppler is out! Free to read on Substack #writingcommunity #banskolife #writing
How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how such efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AVs, and more (Bill Gurley/Bill's Substack)
https://p3institute.substack.com/p/from-open-source-software-to-open…
advogato: Advogato trust network (2009)
A network of trust relationships among users on Advogato, an online community of open source software developers. Edge direction indicates that node i trusts node j, and edge weight denotes one of four increasing levels of declared trust from i to j: observer (0.4), apprentice (0.6), journeyer (0.8), and master (1.0).
This network has 6541 nodes and 51127 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted
No puede haber una IA de código abierto si todas sus partes no son de código abierto, y eso significa que también deben de ser accesibles los datos utilizados para entrenarla https://opensource.org/ai/open-source-ai-definition
I do understand that there are vast differences between the reactions to user feedback so I am not replying to this post directly, but I do now feel the need to leave this somewhere:
The usual reply I get from 1 man teams is "works as intended, won't fix" while community projects (nextcloud, CoMaps, ...) on the other hand have discussions over months and years that seem to be going nowhere until I don't even care anymore - and either have a workaround or use another a…
JAX-SCM v1.0: a modern atmospheric single-column model for boundary layer research
Maximilian Pierzyna
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24544 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.24544 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.24544
arXiv:2605.24544v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We present JAX-SCM v1.0, an open-source atmospheric single-column model for boundary layer research, implemented in Python using the JAX computing library. The model solves for horizontal wind, potential temperature, and specific humidity, combined with prognostic turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent statistics parameterized by the Mellor-Yamada-Nakanishi-Niino level-2.5 (MYNN-2.5) turbulence closure. We verify the implementation against three well-established benchmark cases covering neutral (turbulent Ekman layer), stable (GABLS1), and convective (Wangara Day 33) conditions. Close agreement with reference solutions is demonstrated across all regimes. By building on JAX, the model benefits from just-in-time compilation and native GPU support. While JAX-SCM is not yet fully differentiable, basing it on JAX also lays the foundation for future integration with machine learning components. The model is designed for simplicity and modularity, lowering the barrier to entry for users and developers alike.
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This is an excellent post / case study and a lot here for even ‘experienced’ family historians to learn. #genealogy #histodons @… @…
Are they right? 🤔
"Euro-Office defaults to the fully proprietary OOXML document format, developed and controlled solely by Microsoft. This makes it a de facto ally of Microsoft in its content lock-in strategy, with control remaining firmly in Redmond and far from Europe."
https://blog.do…
31st Developers and Devops DORS/CLUC conference starts tomorrow in Zagreb, Croatia.
And on Saturday we'll have #SOTMHR #Openstreetmap track https://
@… That’s so cool, is it open source? Would love to see how you did it :)
Im IT-Bereich gibt es eine besondere Form des ‚Whitewashings‘, nämlich das ‚Openwashing‘. Der Begriff beschreibt Software, die sich als Open-Source-Produkt ausgibt, es aber nicht ist. Um festzustellen, ob Software, die man einsetzen möchte, frei ist oder nur so tut, hilft: https://isitreallyfoss.com/
Every modern digital technology
– from AI to quantum computing
– is based on foundational open source software building blocks.
Open source code is embedded in almost all products and services,
enabling economic growth and ensuring the resilience of our society and government.
While open source software has become the backbone of our digital infrastructure,
these essential components do not receive adequate support and investment.
Targeted and long…
How hacker group TeamPCP exploited the open source trust model and distribution method to compromise and inject malware into over 1,000 software packages (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/teampcp-breaks-open-source-software-trust-model/
«Ladybird-Browser stoppt öffentliche Code-Beiträge:
Wegen KI-generierter Beiträge schließt das Open-Source-Projekt Ladybird seine öffentlichen Pull-Requests, um die Sicherheit des Browsers zu garantieren.»
Da sehen wir wie KI das Gegenteil von sicherer Produktion ist, wenn es blind als unstrukturiertes Pull-Request eingesetzt wird.
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Una lettera aperta agli utenti di suite per ufficio, poco prima dell'annuncio di Euro-Office
«Negli ultimi giorni avrete letto diversi articoli che annunciano l'arrivo di EuroOffice, presentato come la prima suite per ufficio open source sviluppata in Europa. Ci sentiamo in dovere – seppur a malincuore, poiché l'open source dovrebbe basarsi sulla trasparenza e non sull'inganno – di correggere questa affermazione. La prima suite per ufficio open source sviluppata in Euro…
As the US House probes Airbnb's use of Chinese AI models, CEO Brian Chesky says the company is not sharing data with Chinese firms and uses open-source models (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
from my link log —
Can we trust Microsoft with Open Source?
https://dusted.codes/can-we-trust-microsoft-with-open-source
saved 2021-10-23
Europe’s Digital Future
The EU Tech Sovereignty Package is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reclaim control over our digital foundations.
For too long, public sector procurement has defaulted to proprietary lock-in, creating a weak sovereignty posture that hinders European resilience.
We are calling for a fundamental shift: the Open Source First principle.
After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools (Fred Lambert/Electrek)
https://electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-ocean-open-source-ev-story-aft…
Some organizations are doing panicky things over Mythos.
NHS Goes To War Against Open Source
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/
Microsoft has locked the lead developers of two prominent open source security projects out of their accounts.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/microsoft-locks-open-so…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Stringman: Fest montierter Open-Source-Roboter räumt einzelne Räume auf
Cal.com, which provides scheduling software, is moving its core open-source codebase to a closed repository, citing the dangers of AI hacking its open code (Steven Vaughan-Nichols/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-security-worries-force-company-t…
Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical cybersecurity developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--White House opens backchannel to Anthropic as Pentagon fight simmers,
--Anthropic gave NSA access to Mythos Preview,
--Anthropic's donation to open source developers highlights how under-sourced they are,
--Asian regulators urge banks to use Mythos,
--LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge Kelp DAO lost $292m in DPRK exploit…
Moonshot introduces Kimi K2.6, an open-weight model that it says shows strong improvements in long-horizon coding tasks, available under a modified MIT License (Kimi AI)
https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Münchens IT-Wende: Open Source ist für die neue Koalition der Normalfall
«Sniffnet 1.5: Welches Programm funkt nach Hause?
Der Open-Source-Netzwerkmonitor @… ordnet Traffic nun einzelnen Programmen zu. Version 1.5.0 bringt zudem Blacklists und Adapter-Vorschauen»
Zu viele glauben immer noch nichts zu verbergen zu haben und realisieren nicht, dass sie das Produkt sind anhand von IT- & Online-Tools.
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Meta: Neue KI-Modelle sollen teils Open-Source werden
Meta plant, neue KI-Modelle zu veröffentlichen. Die sollen in Teilen unter Open-Source-Lizenzen herausgegeben werden.
https://www.heis…
FediSuite: Open-Source Social-Media-Management fürs Fediverse — Alle deine Fediverse-Accounts an einem Ort.
FediSuite ist eine kostenlose Open-Source-Plattform zum Planen von Beiträgen, automatischen Aufteilen langer Posts in Threads, Verwalten von Benachrichtigungen und dem Handling mehrerer Accounts auf 14 Fediverse-Plattformen — @…,
OpenDesk kann vieles, aber halt nicht alles. Das ist das Fazit einer Studie aus Zürich, die die Open-Source-Lösung als Microsoft 365-Alternative unter die Lupe genommen hat. 🔍
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11303065?wt_mc=sm.red.…
Socket: TeamPCP, the gang claiming GitHub's repositories breach, also executed 20 "waves" of supply chain attacks recently, compromising 500 pieces of software (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/teampcp-software-supply-chain-attack-spree-github/…
SpaceX signs a computing deal worth up to $6.3B with Reflection AI for access to Nvidia GB300s at Colossus 2; Reflection will pay $150M per month through 2029 (Deirdre Bosa/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/spacex-ai-colossus-data-center-reflection.html
Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source license (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/06/meta-open-source-ai-models
Mozilla launches Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client for users and businesses who want to run their own self-hosted AI infrastructure, available on GitHub (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/mozil…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
Inference cloud startup DeepInfra raised a $107M Series B co-led by 500 Global and Georges Harik; it currently supports more than 190 open models (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/04/deepinfra-la…
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
Europa hat jetzt sein eigenes Office – und das ist auch noch Open Source! 🚀
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11320254?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
Servus, freie Software! 🥨 In München weht ein neuer Wind durchs Rathaus – und der riecht verdächtig nach Open Source.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11292444?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_sou…