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Münchens IT-Wende: Open Source ist für die neue Koalition der Normalfall
Nach Jahren des Richtungsstreits setzt Münchens „Mango-Koalition“ auf digitale Souveränität, stärkt das Open-Source-Programm und gibt das IT-Referat der FDP.

Münchens IT-Wende: Open Source ist für die neue Koalition der Normalfall
Nach Jahren des Richtungsstreits setzt Münchens „Mango-Koalition“ auf digitale Souveränität, stärkt das Open-Source-Programm und gibt das IT-Referat der FDP.

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

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

France will cut its reliance on extra-EU proprietary tech, favoring open-source and digital sovereignty.
DINUM orders ministries to map dependencies and plan exit from extra-European tech by fall.
France plans to replace Windows with Linux; EU open-source options include openSUSE
https://www.

France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, calling US tech dependence a strategic risk
The ministries have until the fall to find a solution.

für alle #IBM-#TrackPoint-fans: es gibt jetzt eine trackpoint-maus: https://www.theverge.com…

Microsoft, your climate plan ran into a problem and needs to restart. Read the coalition's open letter and add your name.
https://microsoftlies.com/?utm_source=ensocial

Microsoft, Your Climate Plan Ran Into a Problem
An open letter to Microsoft demanding accountability on climate commitments. Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030 — but emissions keep rising. Sign the letter and demand action.

Microsoft, your climate plan ran into a problem and needs to restart. Read the coalition's open letter and add your name.
https://microsoftlies.com/?utm_source=ensocial

Microsoft, Your Climate Plan Ran Into a Problem
An open letter to Microsoft demanding accountability on climate commitments. Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030 — but emissions keep rising. Sign the letter and demand action.

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…

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…

Microsoft locks open source devs out of their accounts
Microsoft has locked the lead developers of two prominent open source security projects out of their accounts.

OpenLogi: Alternative zu problematischer Options -App für den Mac
Der Zubehörspezialist Logitech nervt Nutzer mit einer inkonsistenten Steuer-App, die Systemlast frisst und Daten sammelt. Ein Open-Source-Projekt hilft.

OpenLogi: Alternative zu problematischer Options+-App für den Mac
Der Zubehörspezialist Logitech nervt Nutzer mit einer inkonsistenten Steuer-App, die Systemlast frisst und Daten sammelt. Ein Open-Source-Projekt hilft.

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…

An open letter to office suite users, just before the Euro-Office announcement - TDF Community Blog
Dear office suite users, In recent days you will have read various articles announcing the arrival of Euro-Office, which is being “marketed” as the first open-source office suite developed in Europe. We feel compelled — reluctantly, since open source should rest on transparency, not deception — to correct this claim. The first open-source office suite developed in Europe was OpenOffice.org in 2001, based on StarOffice’s source code, followed by LibreOffice from 2010. These are two gen…

Can we call Windows abandonware now?
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116380259791929422

➡️ Jamulus ‒ Play music online with friends
#bookmarks

Boston Godot Users group meets tonight: https://www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/events/313618732/

BoGo - Boston Godot Developers Group!, Mon, May 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Are you a game developer working with Godot, or interested in learning more about the open-source game engine that’s been gaining popularity? Come and connect with like-min

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

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 — @…,

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform
FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Misskey, and more.

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/

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source
The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…

I am coming to the conclusion that we (the US) will need an extraordinary process to clean up after the end of the Trump/Maga Era (what I call the "TME").
I've begun a website to publish my thoughts on this, and perhaps more importantly, to instigate others to think about these things.,
Basically I am thinking of an extraordinary system - an American Tribunal. I am aware that this could well stretch our Constitutional structure. I am refraining, at least for the m…

#Code reviews seem to be the biggest bottleneck in software development right now.
Open source package ecosystems are victims of their own success. There's a long tail of iffy packages that nobody has reviewed, and nobody wants to.
For the top projects, maintenance is tough. Stakes are high. Reviews are hard. Contributions are meh quality (even before LLMs). It's not just code, …

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

Scoop: Meta to open source versions of its next AI models
Alexandr Wang says new models are coming soon.

Die Aktivitäten von Google laufen darauf hinaus, dass unabhängige App-Entwickler immer mehr eingeschränkt werden und alternative Android-Versionen wie #GrapheneOS in den Augen von Firmen, welche Apps entwickeln, als nicht vertrauenswürdig eingestuft werden.
Obwohl mein GrapheneOS-Handy jetzt schon die Sicherheitsupdates bietet, die offiziell erst im November kommen. Und wichtige weiter…

It's been a few months and I have a lot of new followers so, periodic reminder: I make extra capacity in my home lab facilities available on a best-effort basis to support noncommercial/hobby/open source projects who would otherwise not be able to afford them.
Services are generally provided free of charge if they're not a major time/consumable commitment on my part, or on a cost-recovery basis for anything particularly large. If you're not making money from the project I w…

Der Artikel »Wie LLM-Agenten Open-Source-Projekte gefährden« von Frank (@…) und mir ist im Linux-Magazin (@…) erschienen:

Ransomlook 2.0 "Mira" Released - Observability, Crypto Traceability, and a Cleaner Core.
Thanks to all the contributors who helped and worked on this release. A huge thanks to @… for his continuous commitment to make ransomlook always better.
Ransomlook remains firmly committed to an open-source codebase and to keeping it that way. We believe security to…

The "AI Industry" (to the degree that it exists) has burned billions of dollars with no real hope of recuperating that. Models offered by services, charging huge amounts for inference, don't really offer much, if anything, above open source models run locally. Many of the claims made by these companies, and their supporters, have turned out to be lies. It seems as though the whole thing is a huge grift.
Investments will likely never be recovered. We've already seen a bail out in the form of military contracts. We will see much more public money dumped in to these technologies. In fact, threatening workers and suppressing labor strength is so strategically valuable that I expect LLMs to just be publicly funded (by being folded into the military industrial complex).
On these grounds, it can be easy to reject the technology outright. After all, how can anything useful not be profitable?
Even for radicals, capitalism can cloud our lens. The fact is, the dominant technologies of our age tend to not be profitable. Or rather, they are "publicly funded, privately profitable" (/hums in propagandhi/). Just like oil.
Outside of Saudi Arabia, oil is mostly not profitable to get out of the ground. Even there, it had only historically been profitable because of massive global military investments. The oil-centric world we have today is largely built on, and kept in place by, massive government subsidies. Roads, street parking, and direct subsidies to oil companies are all massive investments that tie populations to the resource at the heart of the military industrial complex: oil.
Oil was strategically important, because you can't run a modern military without it. The fossil fuel economy doesn't exist because fossil fuels are so cheap, but because modern militaries are only really possible by militarizing the population.
Unprofitable things *are made profitable* to serve the strategic interests of authoritarian systems. Though we have better alternatives to most oil-based products, it would be hard to argue that oil is not a useful resource. We can acknowledge it's strategic importance while also recognizing that the elimination of oil is essential to the survival of humanity.
Returning to "AI," we're seeing the same type of thing but it's more obvious. After the crypto grift, this seems to just be another way to transfer money into the pockets of the rich.
But crypto wasn't exactly a grift. It had a strategic function to power. It wasn't what we were told it was. It didn't free us from central banks. It wasn't a new way to invest. It wasn't anonymous. But it did create a new way to bribe politicians. It did make it easier to funnel public money into the pockets of the far right.
"AI" can similarly be mostly a grift. It can fail to do most, or all, of the things it claims, and it can still fulfill strategic functions. If we dismiss it as "just another grift," I think we miss a lot. "Just a grift" isn't something sustainable. It is something that will die out. It's something we don't need to resist because it is self limiting. But a strategy is something different. A strategy is more complex. A strategy will be sustained, at any cost. A strategy must be actively resisted.

UK has >540 AI data centres.
Germany & France nearly as many each. (USA has 4300, China 360).
"...land surface temperature around AI data centres rise by an average of 2C (3.6F) after they open, with effects being felt up to 10km (6 miles) away."
How much heat does an AI data centre produce, and where are they located? | Science and Technology News | Al Jazeera

How much heat does an AI data centre produce, and where are they located?
Data centres don’t just use large amounts of water and electricity, they’re heating the environment too, study finds.

Paris-Saclay retire a Etienne Klein son doctorat car il en aurait plagié de grande parties
Paris-Saclay ne retire pas le doctorat de Idriss Aberkane qui est essentiellement du copier-coler du manuel d'un logiciel open-source.
Je comprend pas trop la logique

Stop Using Conventional Commits
#SCM

Every so often ideas come along that are sufficiently deserving of ridicule and derision, this is one of those times:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-build-ipv8-the-next-generation-of-the-internet

Donate to Help Build IPv8 — The Next Generation of the Internet, organized by Jamie Thain
IPv8 is an open-source initiative focused on reimagining the future … Jamie Thain needs your support for Help Build IPv8 — The Next Generation of the Internet

I am super tired and frustrated, and I probably shouldn’t say this, but do you know any decent Product/Program Management roles where it’s not all about the senseless push toward AI, and maybe more focused on free/open-source software?
#foss #pm

Half of the United States Is Now in Drought
https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatehistorian/p/half-of-the-united-states-is-now?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e4myx
> …

Very interesting @… talk about risk misalignment for EU policy regarding digital sovereignty and free and open source software. It's a policy problem, not a technical problem!
I also really like the general bit of wisdom at the end:
"If we want to move somebody, [we must] first understand them. And this means standing where they stand, and not wh…

FOSDEM 2026 - The Missing Level: Why EU Open Source Fails Locally

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

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…

Die EU-Kommission hat ihre Open-Source-Strategie vorgestellt — Teil des Tech Sovereignty Package. Open Source als Fundament europäischer Digitalstrategie, nicht mehr als Sparmaßnahme. Gut. Aber: nicht rechtlich bindend, und 2 Mrd. Euro über 7 Jahre stehen 264 Mrd. jährlicher US-Software-Abhängigkeit gegenüber.#DigitaleSouveränität #OpenSource

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

Smooth, polished and clear talk by @… "Open by Design, Sovereign by Choice" with some fun interactions today at @…
#tdose

Bin nicht so der Fan von Jump 'n' Run Plattformer Spielen, aber beim Browsen durch die Open Source Game List (OSGL) bin ich auf VVVVVV gestoßen.
Zu meiner Schande muss ich gestehen, dass ich das Spiel vor gut 15 Jahren (!) günstig in einem der ersten Humble Bundles gekauft und seit dem nie wirklich gespielt hatte. Da hab ich wohl echt was verpasst! Macht ziemlich Spaß und der Soundtrack ist echt gelungen :)
In der Zwischenzeit ist das Spiel sogar Open Source geworden:

Do you use AI to develop open-source software or believe it's the future? Then I want to let you know that you should be using GitHub or GitLab, and if you already are using them, stay there. Do NOT come to Forgejo or Codeberg. Why?
GitLab just made it very clear that they are fully committing (they say betting on the agentic era) to the opportunity that the agentic era provides. I noticed they rebranded their homepage slogan a while ago to "Finally, AI for the entire software…

One of the things our community keeps coming back for is the Sunday Barcamp, an open, unconference-style day where attendees set the agenda.
Just a room full of people from across the open source data world, figuring out what they want to talk about together. It kicked off #bbuzz25 in the best possible way, and it's back for #bbuzz26 on June 7th. Entry to our barcamp is included in every onsite conference pass.
Will you be there? Get your ticket now: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/tickets/

for no particular reason whatsoever, I've updated my guide on how to measure #Python coverage across GitHub Action containers without an external service (*cough* Codecov *cough*)
https://hynek.me/articles/ditch-codeco

How to Ditch Codecov for Python Projects
Codecov’s unreliability breaking CI on my open source projects has been a constant source of frustration for me for years. I have found a way to enforce coverage over a whole GitHub Actions build matrix that doesn’t rely on third-party services.

Projekt: Lesefortschritt zwischen allen Geräten synchronisieren und nahtlos Audiobooks und die dazugehörigen E-Books immer genau dort öffnen, wo man zuletzt aufgehört hat, zu lesen. Open Source und selbstgehostet.
https://workspace.zusammenkunft.net/wo

Gibt es so was wie #Canva als (Free and) Open Source software/App?
Ich würde gerne die Story Funktion bei Pixelfed mehr nutzen, aber dazu fehlt mir noch eine einfache Möglichkeit, zu den Bildern Text und Infos und vielleicht auch Sticker hinzuzufügen.
Links wären auch toll, aber das wäre vielleicht etwas viel. Mehr als auch canva kann.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Jump Source ft. Harmony Index:
🎵 A Dull Knife
#JumpSourceftHarmonyIndex
https://jumpsource.bandcamp.com/track/a-dull-knife-ft-harmony-index
https://open.spotify.com/track/04Tpb8EtnKpuUFsSOro7Y2

Just stumbled on this (don't ask): https://web.archive.org/web/20111130040606/http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/computerworld-25-years-open-source-advocate-says-outlook-is-positive…

Anthropic commits up to $100M in usage credits for Project Glasswing, along with $4M in direct donations to open-source security organizations (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/project-glasswing-anthropic-ai-open-source-software-vulnera…

Tech giants launch AI-powered ‘Project Glasswing’ to identify critical software vulnerabilities
Anthropic unveils Project Glasswing with major tech partners, using an unreleased model to find and fix long-hidden software vulnerabilities.

So Anthropic employees are using Claude Code to contribute AI-generated code to open source repositories and hiding the fact using their own internal “undercover mode”.
Totally trustworthy people.
(Any open source project that at the very least requires disclosure of AI-authored contributions should immediately ban Anthropic employees on principle.)
#AI

Not a privacy tool, but I love #protopage for an at-a-glace overview of your RSS feeds:
#rss

The third episode in Linda Teppler 's Farmers Pride series is out. #writingcommunity #writing

"H&M Foundation launches open-source toolkit to cut textiles emissions"
#Clothes #Fashion #Emissions

H&M Foundation launches open-source toolkit to cut textiles emissions
Philanthropic entity the H&M Foundation has launched a new open-access set of resources helping businesses across the textiles and fashion industry to identify and enact opportunities to cut emissions.

analyzing why #osmocom ARM package building is taking too long: Turns out the build worker is spending 7.5 times more time in post-installation of latex (for setting up the package build) than it is taking to actually build osmo-sgsn including its user manual: https://

HomeKit für mehr Geräte: Homebridge 2.0 bekommt Matter
Das Open-Source-Projekt zur Anbindung von Apple nicht unterstützter Geräte wird erwachsen. Version 2.0 bringt verschiedene Verbesserungen.
https://www.

HomeKit für mehr Geräte: Homebridge 2.0 bekommt Matter
Das Open-Source-Projekt zur Anbindung von Apple nicht unterstützter Geräte wird erwachsen. Version 2.0 bringt verschiedene Verbesserungen.

It is, while completely expectable, still surprising to me that when I talk about software on here and particularly services like Github, all the replies assume I'm doing open source work only or primarily.
I do wonder if this shapes a lot of the thoughts about AI on Mastodon. It's a niche group. (Remember approximately 3% of developers contribute to open source!)

heise | Open-Source-Grundausstattung: Freie und kostenlose Apps für Ihren Desktop
Sie haben keine Lust mehr auf Abhängigkeit von Adobe- und Microsoft-Abos? Quelloffene Software sorgt für den Befreiungsschlag auf dem Desktop – und spart Geld.

Open-Source-Grundausstattung: Freie und kostenlose Apps für Ihren Desktop
Sie haben keine Lust mehr auf Abhängigkeit von Adobe- und Microsoft-Abos? Quelloffene Software sorgt für den Befreiungsschlag auf dem Desktop – und spart Geld.

Phew... Just been informed that, https://thi.ng/, my labor of (open source) love of many, many years is on the front page of HN:
https://news.ycombinator.co…

Open source building blocks for computational design. Est. 2006
thi.ng is a set of ~350 complementing code libraries & projects, a long-term effort devoted to Computational Design and Art in its many forms.

«Keycloak 26.6.0 — Fünf Preview-Features werden produktionsreif:
Das Open-Source-IAM-System Keycloak 26.6 befördert fünf Features in den produktiven Status - darunter Federated Client Authentication und Zero-Downtime-Updates.»
Das muss ich mir mal in aller Ruhe ansehen und dann mal sehen was ich daran noch lerne (sicherlich einiges).
🔐

Keycloak 26.6.0: Fünf Preview-Features werden produktionsreif
Das Open-Source-IAM-System Keycloak 26.6 befördert fünf Features in den produktiven Status – darunter Federated Client Authentication und Zero-Downtime-Updates.

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

Pretty Open Source blinky hardware has arrived -- and the hybrid supercap even had enough charge after days of shipping to blink happily.
More on @…' page at https://chip…

I'll be speaking about #opensource in #varberg next week. Come and join me!
https:/…

Android-Dunkelmodus: Open-Source-App passt Systemdesign an Umgebungslicht an
Die Open-Source-App „Adaptive Theme: Auto Dark Mode“ erweitert Android um einen automatischen Dark-Mode-Wechsel per Lichtsensor.

Android-Dunkelmodus: Open-Source-App passt Systemdesign an Umgebungslicht an
Die Open-Source-App „Adaptive Theme: Auto Dark Mode“ erweitert Android um einen automatischen Dark-Mode-Wechsel per Lichtsensor.

Menselijke activiteiten, CO2, temperatuur, klimaat en vertraagd effect.
https://open.substack.com/pub/justdean/p/human-caused-climate-change-is-unmistakably?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e…

Human-caused climate change is unmistakably distinct from Earth’s natural climate variability
Five independent fits across four independent archives and 66 million years — the empirical case in two figures

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…

Deepinfra lands $107M in funding to build out its dedicated inference cloud for open-source models - SiliconANGLE
Deepinfra lands $107M in funding to build out its dedicated inference cloud for open-source models - SiliconANGLE

für die sammlung von #icons-sammlungen:
"CoreUI Icons"
https://www.designerinaction.de/gestaltung/coreui-icons-open-source-icon-set…

A suspected North Korean hacker has hijacked and modified a popular open source software development tool
to deliver malware that could put millions of developers at risk of being compromised.
On Monday, a hacker pushed malicious versions of the widely used JavaScript library called Axios,
which developers rely on to allow their software to connect to the internet.
The affected library was hosted on npm, a software repository that stores code for open source projects…

North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware | TechCrunch
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.

It's that time again! Tomorrow night, Tues 9 June at 20:00 NZST we'll meet at https://meeting.iridescent.nz to discuss all things libre/FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and the sociopolitical landscape in which it all exists. We'll be discussing whatever people in attendance want to discuss - the…

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has linked the recent axios NPM supply chain attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor, UNC1069 (and not TeamPCP).
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-proj…

North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware | TechCrunch
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.

"The biggest absurdity here is that Trump is now focusing his war’s endgame on Iran’s willingness to open the strait. But the strait was open before Trump attacked Iran on February 28. Iran blocked it in retaliation for that attack."
https://r…

Trump has really, seriously, frighteningly lost his mind
His latest threat is bonkers

Related to my earlier open source fundraising post[1], please also do let me know what you think of the amount/cadence/detail of communication about thi.ng projects (multiple choice, other options/insights via reply or DM please 🙏):
[1] https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/116726397007776730

I’m still completely lost with logic of JA4 patent licensing and actual incompatibility with the copyleft-license. So it seems to be a patent-based license and really risky to implement if you want to keep your actual software open source.
Did someone explore alternatives to avoid this? and especially other format which are open source friendly?
#ja4

MX Linux Pushes Back Against Age Verification: A Stand for Privacy and Open Source Principles :mxlinux: 👏
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/mx-linux-pushes-back-against-age-verification-stand-privacy-and-open-sou…

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

RIP Commercial #OCR. An #OpenSource #Model Just Topped Every Benchmark.

https://www.computing.co.uk/analysis/2026/open-source-isn-t-free-we-re-just-not-paying-for-it?utm_source=mastodon_org&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Apr_opensource…

Open source isn’t free. We’re just not paying for it
A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest ...

Google: Neues KI-Modell läuft auch auf Laptops mit nur 16GB RAM
Google veröffentlicht Gemma 4 12B: Das lokale Open-Source-Modell läuft schon auf Laptops mit nur 16 GByte RAM.
https://www.

Google: Neues KI-Modell läuft auch auf Laptops mit nur 16GB RAM
Google veröffentlicht Gemma 4 12B: Das lokale Open-Source-Modell läuft schon auf Laptops mit nur 16 GByte RAM.

«KI baut Open-Source-Projekte in Minuten als kommerzielle App nach:
KI stellt die Open-Source-Community vor eine grundlegende Herausforderung - Neue Werkzeuge sind inzwischen in der Lage, komplette Softwareprojekte nahezu automatisch nachzubilden. Das wirft drängende Fragen zu Urheberrecht und Fairness auf.»
Das KI Daten klaut um Faule zu "bereichern" sollte eigentlich allen mittlerweile bewusst sein.
🤖

KI baut Open-Source-Projekte in Minuten als kommerzielle App nach
KI stellt die Open-Source-Community vor eine grundlegende Herausforderung: Neue Werkzeuge sind inzwischen in der Lage, komplette Softwareprojekte nahezu automatisch nachzubilden. Das wirft drängende Fragen zu Urheberrecht und Fairness auf.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Jump Source ft. Deaton Chris Anthony:
🎵 Fade City
#JumpSourceftDeatonChrisAnthony
https://jumpsource.bandcamp.com/track/fade-city-ft-deaton-chris-anthony
https://open.spotify.com/track/3cKtlckdMvNPwjFpgVt0eF

Sources: Alibaba appointed Cloud CTO Zhou Jingren to lead its AI unit after a pivot from open source to monetizable "MaaS" models led to Qwen exec departures (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b39da303-3188-447b-8b65-3dd8dad8b59a

RE: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/
It’s OK, Palantir should still have access.

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OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig

OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
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"Using Open Source Tools to Capture Closed Captions and Timecode": guest post by Morgan Morel of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at the Library of Congress @ the LoC's blog "The Signal"
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/03/…

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OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
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OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
Mit OpenReception 1.0 steht eine quelloffene Terminverwaltung bereit – als datenschutzfreundliche Alternative für Praxen und Patienten.

OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
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Google attributes the supply chain attack on HTTP client Axios to a suspected North Korean threat actor it calls UNC1069 (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/hacker-hijacks-axios-open-source-…

North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware | TechCrunch
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.

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OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig

OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig
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Open source isn’t free. We’re just not paying for it: Who maintains the maintainers?
A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest to recruit for five consecutive years. Yet, at the same time, entry level roles are declining as employers redeploy existing employees rather than hiring new ones.
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Open source isn’t free. We’re just not paying for it
A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest ...

Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the "Public Wealth Fund" that OpenAI outlined earlier (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/trump-open-ai-altman-stake.html

Trump administration, OpenAI discussing possible government stake in the AI startup
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first shared the idea with the Trump administration in 2025, according to a source.

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV) - OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating

Open-Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve (OpenTRV)
OpenTRV retrofit open-source reference mechanical/hardware/software design for zoned heating to save carbon and money. #OpenTRV #TRV #heating #cutCarbon

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…

From Open Source Software to Open Source Strategy
How the Smartest Executives Are Using Open Source Techniques to Optimize Corporate Strategy

Totgesagte leben länger: Lokale Bilder-KI Amuse 3.2.0 erschienen
Die Entwicklung an der Bild- und Video-KI Amuse wurde eingestellt, die Quellen als Open Source veröffentlicht. Nun gibt es erste Updates.
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Quelloffenes HDMI 2.1 kommt endlich für Linux
Ein AMD-Entwickler kündigt vollwertiges HDMI 2.1 für den Linux-Open-Source-Treiber an. Auch für den Nouveau-Treiber gibt es eine erste Implementierung.
https://www.

Nach jahrelanger Blockade: Quelloffenes HDMI 2.1 kommt endlich für Linux
Ein AMD-Entwickler kündigt vollwertiges HDMI 2.1 für den Linux-Open-Source-Treiber an. Auch für den Nouveau-Treiber gibt es eine erste Implementierung.

Chinese AI developer MiniMax launches M3, a new coding model that it says rivals Opus 4.7, costing $0.12 per 1M input tokens, compared with $5 for Opus 4.7 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/chin…

China’s MiniMax Launches New Model as Open-Source AI Coding Battle Heats Up
Chinese AI developer MiniMax on Monday launched a new large language model called M3, saying the new model’s coding capability approaches that of Anthropic’s Opus 4.7, which was released in April. The new MiniMax model is particularly suitable for coding and complex multi-step tasks for AI agents, according to the company. It can understand text, images and video in prompts. MiniMax’s M3 costs

Debatte über digitale Souveränität: Protektionismus oder Befreiungsschlag?
Das neue Tech-Souveränitätspaket der EU erntet gemischte Reaktionen: Open-Source-Verfechter jubeln, doch US-Branchenverbände warnen vor schweren Marktstörungen.

Debatte über digitale Souveränität: Protektionismus oder Befreiungsschlag?
Das neue Tech-Souveränitätspaket der EU erntet gemischte Reaktionen: Open-Source-Verfechter jubeln, doch US-Branchenverbände warnen vor schweren Marktstörungen.

Starlette, an open-source Python framework underpinning FastAPI, has a vulnerability, called BadHost, that can allow hackers to bypass authorization (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/information-te

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package
BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.

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Meta says Muse Spark powers Meta AI's "shopping mode" feature and that it plans to release a version of Muse Spark under an open-source license (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/08/meta-muse-alexandr-wang

Meta debuts Muse Spark, first AI model under Alexandr Wang
Meta says the model narrows the performance gap with OpenAI, Anthropic and others.

Cloudflare acquires VoidZero, the company behind Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite frameworks, and says the projects will stay open source (Cloudflare)
https://blog.cloudflare.com/voidzero-joins-cloudflare/

VoidZero is joining Cloudflare
VoidZero, the team behind Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+, is joining Cloudflare. Vite stays open source, vendor-agnostic, and built for everyone.

Zwischen Markt und Regulierung: Streit um Open Access
Open Access ist Konsens im Glasfasermarkt. Aber wie weit reicht die Pflicht zur Netzöffnung? Da gehen die Meinungen auseinander.
https://www.

Mistral launches Voxtral TTS, an open-source enterprise text-to-speech model that supports nine languages, including Hindi and Arabic, based on Ministral 3B (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/mistral-releases-a-new-open…

Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation | TechCrunch
Mistral's new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone.

Cohere launches Transcribe, its first voice model; the 2B-parameter, open-source speech recognition model handles tasks like notetaking and speech analysis (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/cohere-launches-a…

Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription | TechCrunch
Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.