Tootfinder

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Something for the US #TTRPG bubble:
https://open.substack.com/pub/exeuntpress/p/im-teaching-free-game-design-cl…

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.

Y2K38 kommt. Milliarden Systeme sind betroffen.
Open Source wird kritisiert – dabei entstehen die Lösungen oft genau dort.
Das Problem ist nicht der Code.
Das Problem ist, wie wir damit umgehen.
👉 Wer zahlt am Ende die Rechnung?
https://y2k38.ch/y2k38-open-source-suende…

This has been on my mind for *weeks*. I've been saying for a long time that it's possible to have an AI that only uses consensually-gathered content, is open source open weights, runs on your own machine, and is designed to empower creators instead of exploit them. Well, we've finally got one. https://www.

(One) Good AI Is Here
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

OpenAI releases Symphony, an open-source spec for agent orchestration that turns a project-management board like Linear into a control plane for coding agents (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/open-source-codex-orchestration-symphony

Wie informieren Solawis ihre Mitglieder digital über den Inhalt und die Verwendung des Ernteanteils?
Wie können Ernteteilende ihren Anteil online anpassen oder pausieren?
Wir stellen beim Online-Stammtisch im Juni Open Source Web-Apps vor, die Solawis nutzen können.
🗓️ 17.06., 19:30 Uhr | ohne Anmeldung

Something for the US #TTRPG bubble:
https://open.substack.com/pub/exeuntpress/p/im-teaching-free-game-design-cl…

Open source has become critical digital infrastructure over the past 25 years, but its future depends on human resilience as much as code. Contributor burnout, funding gaps, and new regulations are real challenges, and Ruth has spent nearly two decades at the heart of open source communities working through exactly these kinds of problems. It's a session to look forward to!
Join us for Berlin Buzzwords on June 7-9 at Kulturbrauerei or online. Get your tickets! https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/

Since his first years as a top player, Jannik Sinner has long had one major weakness.
The hotter it is, the more vulnerable he becomes.
It nearly toppled him at January’s Australian Open, before Novak Djokovic did the job instead.
On Thursday, with temperatures climbing toward the 90s at Roland Garros, Sinner could not endure.
In the second round of the French Open, the world No. 1 fell victim to Juan Manuel Cerúndolo of Argentina, the world No. 56.
He grew dizzy…

Jannik Sinner might have a heat problem, but tennis has a bigger one
As tennis gets ever more physical and matches grow longer, its relationship with heat will grow more complex — and sometimes concerning.

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

This tangled.org GitHub alternative built on top of ATproto, open source, with self hosting capabilities and the ability to run your own CI sure seems like a gift of the gods.

At a pivotal moment—when AI agents are rediscovering and reinforcing the enduring value of Linked Open Data (LOD) and the principles of Linked Data—we are taking another step forward for the community.
We will soon release a new open-source edition of Virtuoso that introduces a feature specifically designed to increase SPARQL compatibility with Wikidata.

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/

Linux Is Exempt From Colorado and California's Age Verification Laws - OSTechNix
Colorado's SB 26-051 and California's AB 1856 require OS-level age verification, but Linux and open-source software are largely exempt.

👥 This isn't just open source for show. Nearly 1M developers told the #Warp team: "If you open this up, we will help you build it." Five years after the initial preview — and with a working business model in place — they finally made it happen. #opensource

Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty
The open-source initiative promises seamless document compatibility, transparent governance, and reduced dependency on non-European platforms.
https://tech.eu/2026/03/27/europe-bui…

Europe builds Microsoft-compatible ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty
Today, a coalition of European enterprises and community organisations has launched Euro-Office, a solution for editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, developed as a true sovereign community collaboration of over a dozen different organisations. A tech preview is available immediately. The effort, backed by major European tech firms including IONOS, Nextcloud, Eurostack, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian and BTactic is planning a first stable release by summer. Need for a sovere…

"The same week that #OpenAI announced the imminent shutdown of Sora, its splashiest showcase for #AI, #Meta announced the shutdown of its splashiest showcase for the metaverse."
Brian the Merc…

AI's aesthetics of failure
On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop

Keine Alterskontrolle für Linux
Gesetze, die eine Altersverifikation in Betriebssystemen vorsehen, nehmen zumindest in Kalifornien und Colorado wohl Open-Source aus.
https://www.heise.de/news/Keine-Alterskont…

Keine Alterskontrolle für Linux
Gesetze, die eine Altersverifikation in Betriebssystemen vorsehen, nehmen zumindest in Kalifornien und Colorado wohl Open-Source aus.

Don’t Do Team Meetings
Regular team meetings are often treated as a default part of work. They are seen as a sign of coordination, alignment, and healthy communication. In practice, they often reveal the opposite.
A recurring team meeting where everyone goes around the room to explain what they did last week is usually not a good use of time. It turns communication into a performance instead of a real exchange of useful information. If the team needs a formal meeting just to lear…

Don’t Do Team Meetings
Personal webpage of Alexandre Dulaunoy - from information security to open source and art

Xiaomi open sources MiMo-V2.5 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro under the MIT License, saying both models are among the most efficient available for agentic "claw" tasks (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/open-source…

#superproductivity app is great. There aren't many apps I can run on my locked down computer at work. But this one is possible to sync via webdav so I installed a minimal webdav just to syncronize the json and md file the app generates. It work flawlessly! I have finally found a way to take my todo's between work and home.
Age makes remembering things more and more tr…

Find the Plan 9 booth at @… ! ✨👩‍💻✨
https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2026/en/programm/beitrag/288 👈🧐

Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2026 · Live: Plan 9 Betriebssystem und Freunde
The Chemnitzer Linux-Tage are an event across the subjects linux and open source for everybody. It brings together linux users, experts, and companies.

What if we're making the wrong bet about progress?
Just watched someone crack open a million-year-old fossil like it was nothing. Made me think: we open ancient things believing we'll get the most value NOW. Not later.
Same with AI. We're betting progress will speed up AND slow down at the same time.
Weird, right?
New post explores why we value personal forever but trade away our collective future for almost nothing.
Read more: [link]

The Role of Eternity
On fossils, AI, and the bets we are making about progress

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…

DeepSeek unveils its newest model at rock-bottom prices and with ‘full support’ from Huawei chips
The narrow gap between DeepSeek and leading U.S. models, as well as its low prices, raises questions about OpenAI and Anthropic's competitive moat.

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.

I spend a lot of effort on noise reduction. Turning off alerts, reducing the size of (especially redundant) messages I don't really need to see—that kind of stuff.
It's REALLY disruptive when software I use decides to get rid of those filters. Like not even just turning the noise back on, but fully removing my ability to even filter things.
I regularly mourn the wonderful period of time when software worked for us. (This *is* open source, but maintaining a fork is more wo…

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

Working on extending features for Warlock, and this round of features requires a backend web service running in a centralized, controlled environment due to the requirement of privileged access to partner network resources, (aka, they require an API key and prior authorization to access certain data, thus cannot be distributed in an open source project).
SO, since this is a traditional web service, I opted to use the traditional technologies to power it, but wanted to try out Symfony s…

Open Source in der Verwaltung rechtlich gestärkt
https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/open-source-in-der-verwaltung-rechtlich-gestaerkt/
"Software-Beschaffung für öffentliche Verwaltungsbehörden sind durch die EVB-IT geregelt. Dank aktu…

Are governments properly supporting the digital commons? Many adopt open source software but don't fund the upstream projects that maintain it. This amplifies a "tragedy of the commons" rather than being part of the solution. Governments have historically invented ways to shape the playing field - patents, public universities, copyright, taxes ... They can do it again!

Governments need to adopt Matrix responsibly | Anais Concepcion
Are governments abdicating their duty to the digital commons? And no, this isn't another "pay up" post. The solution is bigger than money. Element astutely highlights a troubling pattern: A government adopts open source software, deploys it, and pays nothing to the editors maintaining the upstream project. Upstream editors, receiving no revenue from their largest users, face a rational but painful choice: build proprietary features that force payment, or shut down. I think it's worse than th…

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

➡️ Scrapy - Open-source framework for efficient web scraping and data extraction
#bookmarks

Scrapy
Open-source framework for efficient web scraping and data extraction.

So.. yeah. https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/

This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers.

«Zum 45. Geburtstag — Microsoft stellt MS-DOS 1.0 als #OpenSource bereit:
Zum 45. Jahrestag des Betriebssystems hat Microsoft den Quellcode der allerersten MS-DOS-Version für den #IBM PC freigegeben. Dieses wurde zum Zeitpunkt seines Erscheinens offiziell noch als 86-DOS 1.00 bezeichnet und

Zum 45. Geburtstag: Microsoft stellt MS-DOS 1.0 als Open Source bereit
Zum 45. Jahrestag des Betriebssystems hat Microsoft den Quellcode der allerersten MS-DOS-Version für den IBM PC freigegeben. Dieses wurde zum Zeitpunkt seines Erscheinens offiziell noch als 86-DOS 1.00 bezeichnet und Microsoft kaufte es erst etwas später auf.

Something else happened, and that was *very* recently. Those reports grew in numbers.
if I see 1-2 valid reports in a major open source lib from an AI tool, I'm not impressed. If I had enough funding, I could find valid vulns in a variety of ways.
When the Mozilla/Antropic thing came out, that was what I was thinking. "Yeah, these are real bugs, but you know, if I had infinite funding like Antropic, and a team of top security people, you know how many bugs I could find in …

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…

Inside CrowdStrike’s Takedown of a Developer-Targeting Botnet
Learn how CrowdStrike’s Counter Adversary Operations team executed a coordinated takedown of the Glassworm botnet, which targeted software developers.

"From April 24 onward, your interactions with #GitHub #Copilot—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—may be used to train and enhance AI models unless you opt out."
-- Github / #Microsoft

OpenCommit: Build. Push. Deploy.
OpenCommit is a free, open source alternative to GitHub for open source projects by the OpenCommit Foundation.

The levels of victimhood demonstrated by the "strudel studio" author charging $49 per year for the free/open source @… project, wrapped in their closed source editor plugin and abusing the (unregistered) strudel trademark with zero prior engagement with the community.
At this point if I looked I'd probably find many more similar projects an…

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.

We're beyond excited to announce that @suehle, Director of Open Source at SAS and President of the Apache Software Foundation, is joining #bbuzz26 as the keynote speaker!
Learn more on our blog post: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/2026/05/13/ruth-suehle-to-hold-keynote/

For the #ttrpg bubble
Oh, did I even tell you that I've put the scripts I'm using for my TranscriptOMatic #roleplaying session transcription proof-of-concept into a Git repository?

Ground Station: An Open Source SDR Orchestration Platform for Satellite Tracking and Decoding

The software presents as a web-based UI that allows users to manage satellite passes, view SDR waterfall data, decode basic signals such as GMSK telemetry, view telemetry packets, synchronize TLEs, manage multiple SDR devices, browse downloaded weather imagery, monitor DSP performance, and interface with antenna rotators.
Unlike tools such as SatDump, which focus primarily …

🧠 Bioengineered neuronal 'circuit board' mimics conditions of the human brain
#brain

Bioengineered neuronal 'circuit board' mimics conditions of the human brain
A new bioengineered neuronal circuit board "BioConNet" allows scientists to artificially engineer human brain-like wiring at scale and can be used to engineer any possible circuit. The fully programmable, open-source system allows generation of large-scale circuits, while maintaining the ability to focus on single connections between neurons.

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/

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

🇺🇦 #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

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.

{tesseract} allows you to read text from images https://docs.ropensci.org/tesseract/ it can also be combined with {magick} https://ropen…

Open Source OCR Engine
Bindings to Tesseract: a powerful optical character recognition (OCR) engine that supports over 100 languages. The engine is highly configurable in order to tune the detection algorithms and obtain the best possible results.

Working on extending features for Warlock, and this round of features requires a backend web service running in a centralized, controlled environment due to the requirement of privileged access to partner network resources, (aka, they require an API key and prior authorization to access certain data, thus cannot be distributed in an open source project).
SO, since this is a traditional web service, I opted to use the traditional technologies to power it, but wanted to try out Symfony s…

An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI”
https://medium.com/center-on-privacy-technology/an-open-letter-to-geor…

Trump keeps escalating his war against Iran. Sets deadline on Monday, shortly before midnight CET. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-nuclear-facility-fourth-week-us-troops-9.7137298?utm_source=flipboard&utm_me…

'War is not close to ending,' Israeli general says after Iran strikes areas near nuclear site | CBC News
Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel's main nuclear research centre, while President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will "obliterate" Iranian power plants if it doesn't fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

I just published The Open Contributions Descriptor format as an IETF Internet-Draft.
#opensource #opendata #openstandard

#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, …

Digitale Souveränität: OpenDesk laut Studie keine volle Microsoft-Alternative
In Zürich wurde überprüft, ob die Verwaltung von Microsoft 365 auf OpenDesk wechseln könnte. Noch sei das nicht der Fall, wichtige Funktionen fehlten.

#прыщинг @…
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15082 недорогой фотолитографический агрега…

A low-cost, open-source maskless photolithography stepper for microfabrication
Photolithography is a key part of modern semiconductor process flows, and photolithography steppers have been used for decades to achieve precise patterning for device fabrication. However, these tools are often large and expensive, which restricts their use to industry and well-funded university laboratories. In this paper, we propose a $3000 maskless photolithography stepper that is affordable, open-source, and easy to assemble. The stepper, which uses a Digital Light Processing (DLP) project…

At a pivotal moment—when AI agents are rediscovering and reinforcing the enduring value of Linked Open Data (LOD) and the principles of Linked Data—we are taking another step forward for the community.
We will soon release a new open-source edition of Virtuoso that introduces a feature specifically designed to increase SPARQL compatibility with Wikidata.

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

[RFC] Open Access to Standards Documents
tl;dr: ISO is seeking testimonials from “open source organizations” by June 4th on the importance of open access to ISO standards documents; this RFC is about that statement. Background Roughly speaking, under the usual ISO and IEC rules, all committee-related documents are only accessible to committee members or other members of their organization. There was an historical experiment run by JTC1, the committee within ISO which is responsible for technology-related standards, to open access…

🚨Cool chord alert🚨
#guitar
https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/chords/5-chords-that-sound-like-theyr…

“Reminiscent of Joni Mitchell’s jazzier moments… but no strings were retuned to create it!” 5 chords that sound like they’re in an open tuning (but aren’t)
Because sometimes retuning your guitar is, well, a pain in the backside – and there are workarounds

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.

OpenAI releases a set of prompts designed to be used with its open-weight safety model gpt-oss-safeguard that lets developers make their apps safer for teens (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/openai-adds…

OpenAI adds open source tools to help developers build for teen safety | TechCrunch
Rather than working from scratch to figure out how to make AI safer for teens, developers can use these policies to fortify what they build.

Open Slopware
“Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives.”
#AI

open-slopware
Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives. Fork of the repo by @gen-ai-transparency after its deletion.

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.

ICCL launches open source tool to reduce LLM hallucinations
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has released an open source tool designed to reduce LLM hallucinations.

from my link log —
Developing a minimally HashDoS resistant, yet quickly reversible integer hash for V8.
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2026-hashdos
saved 2026-03-26

Node.js — Developing a minimally HashDoS resistant, yet quickly reversible integer hash for V8
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

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…

Cloud, KI & Co: Wie der Deutschland-Stack digitale Souveränität schaffen soll
Auf einem Berliner Cloud-Gipfel kollidierten komplexe staatliche Architekturvorgaben mit dem Tempo der Open-Source-Community. Zertifizierungen sollen helfen.

Cloud, KI & Co: Wie der Deutschland-Stack digitale Souveränität schaffen soll
Auf einem Berliner Cloud-Gipfel kollidierten komplexe staatliche Architekturvorgaben mit dem Tempo der Open-Source-Community. Zertifizierungen sollen helfen.

«#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

M365-Abhängigkeit: Zürich testet Open-Source-Alternative
Die Zürcher Stadtverwaltung soll sich aus dem Würgegriff von Microsoft lösen und auf eine europäische Büro-Software wechseln. Doch da ist der «Vendor Lock-in».

It feels like the open source world is fracturing. It used to be if we wanted alternatives to commercial software we could look to open source, but so much of open source software today is using AI.
Sure, some maintainers are saying "I only use it to speed things up, I still review all code before it gets added." but for lots of folks that's not good enough, and they draw a hard line at the use of any AI.
Are we looking at "open source" versus "open …

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

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

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Münchens IT-Wende: Open Source ist für die neue Koalition der Normalfall

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.

from my link log —
Verilator: open-source SystemVerilog simulator and lint system.
https://github.com/verilator/verilator
saved 2026-03-20 https://

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.

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…

Datacurve releases the DeepSWE coding benchmark, a 113-task test across 91 open-source repositories and five languages, and says GPT-5.5 is the leader at 70% (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/technology/dee…

Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security: Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money.
Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder of an open source security foundation warned after inspecting their books. And it's not just the bandwidth costs that are killing them.
🫴

Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security
fosdem 2026: Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money

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.

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…

Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes
After Fisker's bankruptcy left 11,000 Ocean EVs orphaned, a 4,000-member community reverse-engineered software, hacked CAN buses, and kept their cars alive.

«ECA #Digital — Linux Distributionen reagieren mit #Blockade'n in Brasilien:
Mehrere #Linux Projekte reagieren derzeit auf ein neues Gesetz in

ECA Digital: Linux Distributionen reagieren mit Blockaden in Brasilien - fosstopia
Technik-Blog für Linux, Unix, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Nachhaltigkeit und Co.

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…

'Like handing out the blueprint to a bank vault': Why AI led one company to abandon open source
Cal is moving its flagship open-source program to a proprietary model because it can't cope with the dangers of AI hacking its open code.

Vorwerk schaltet Neato-Cloud ab: Tausende Nutzer fordern Open-Source-Lösung
Nach der vorzeitigen Abschaltung der Neato-Cloud-Plattform durch Vorwerk fordern tausende Nutzer in einer Petition den Erhalt ihrer smarten Saugroboter.

NemoClaw: Nvidia erweitert OpenClaw um Sicherheitsfunktionen
Nvidia hat NemoClaw vorgestellt, einen Open-Source-Stack, der die Nutzung von KI-Agenten auf Basis von OpenClaw einfacher und sicherer gestalten soll.

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

Die neue Bürger-App: Wildbergers Masterplan für Deutschlands Verwaltung
Zwischen Deutschland-Stack und KI: Digitalminister Wildberger erklärt, wie er mit SAP, Telekom, Startups und Open Source den digitalen Stillstand brechen will.

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

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.

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.…

Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools for it (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-planning-ai-agent-platform-launch-open-source/

Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.

Glasfaserausbau in Gebäuden: „Die Klagen sind vorprogrammiert“
Mit Vollausbau- und Mitnutzungsrechten will die Bundesregierung den Glasfaserausbau beschleunigen. Netzbetreiber fordern hingegen eine Open-Access-Pflicht.

Glasfaserausbau in Gebäuden: „Die Klagen sind vorprogrammiert“
Mit Vollausbau- und Mitnutzungsrechten will die Bundesregierung den Glasfaserausbau beschleunigen. Netzbetreiber fordern hingegen eine Open-Access-Pflicht.

Nvidia debuts Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B-parameter hybrid MoE open-weight model; filing: Nvidia plans to spend $26B over the next five years to build open models (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models/…

Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show
The move could position the AI infrastructure powerhouse to quickly compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig

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.

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig

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.

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.

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
Mit OpenReception 1.0 steht eine quelloffene Terminverwaltung bereit – als datenschutzfreundliche Alternative für Praxen und Patienten.

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
OpenReception 1.0: Open-Source-Terminverwaltung für Arztpraxen ist fertig

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.

„Crimson Desert“ angespielt: Das Zelda für Erwachsene erfordert starke Nerven
„Crimson Desert“ schürt große Erwartungen bei vielen Open-World-Fans. Nach rund 50 Spielstunden ergibt sich jedoch ein durchwachsenes Bild.

Terminbuchungssoftware: OpenReception-Entwickler sehen „Ende der Passwort-Ära“
Die Entwickler der Terminbuchungssoftware OpenReception erklären im Digital-Health-Podcast, warum Open Source mehr Chancen für Datensicherheit bietet und mehr.

Terminbuchungssoftware: OpenReception-Entwickler sehen „Ende der Passwort-Ära“
Die Entwickler der Terminbuchungssoftware OpenReception erklären im Digital-Health-Podcast, warum Open Source mehr Chancen für Datensicherheit bietet und mehr.