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I'm looking at a bunch of open clipart icons and some of them have straightforward licenses like CC or public domain.
But others are using more software-oriented licenses like GPL or LGPL. I'm... not entirely sure how that is supposed to work.
If I load a GPL'd icon PNG into my application is that "dynamic linking" in a way that would require my entire application to be GPL? There's no code involved, no symbol manipulation, and the icon isn't compile…

Systemd ate everything because they have developers working on it and addressing issues. And they do it all under a single flag, the project called systemd.
I don't understand the hate.
It's just software, that is pretty useful. It's useful for distros, because it's well supported and works well.
It's useful for developers because it provides quite a lot of useful and stable tools to create logging and services, that are much more flexible and stable than …

I'm currently looking for one or more volunteers to maintain the Openmoko USB PID OUI service at https://github.com/openmoko/openmoko-usb-oui as the existing maintainer is no longer available. This is a service providing free USB Product IDs and Ethernet MAC addresses for the

Much thanks and heartfelt support to @… for writing up the kind of article that I, too, have been dreading to have to write: that absolutist OSS is bad and we protect the commons with fair licensing, non-commercial and otherwise

Reminder: under GPL/AGPL, “Corresponding Source” includes everything needed to build and modify the work. That means AI prompts, generated scripts, and config files as well. Don’t leave them out.
"The "Corresponding Source" for a work in object code form means all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to control those activities."

Sources: Uber is in talks to acquire the parking space reservation app SpotHero; the parking app was last valued at $290M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/uber-considers-deal-parking-app-spothero

Uber Considers Deal for Parking App SpotHero
Uber has been in talks to acquire parking app SpotHero, a popular service that allows drivers to reserve parking spaces, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. Founded in 2011, SpotHero connects drivers looking to reserve and pay for parking spaces with parking lots, parking ...

Adieu Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein setzt auf Open Source und spart Millionen
Mit der Migration von Microsoft zu freier Software zahlt Schleswig-Holstein gut 15 Millionen Euro Lizenzkosten weniger. Die Umrüstung kommt deutlich günstiger.

Softwarelizenzen: Bei Microsoft wechselt die Ampel auf Grün, Broadcom bleibt Rot
Das 3. europäische Wettbewerbsbarometer von Cloud-Anbietern unterstreicht verschärfte Probleme bei Broadcom. Lizenzbedingungen von SAP geben Anlass zur Sorge.

Digitale Souveränität zahlt sich aus! 💻 Schleswig-Holstein zeigt, dass der Umstieg auf Open-Source-Software nicht nur die technologische Unabhängigkeit stärkt, sondern auch den Landeshaushalt entlastet.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11105389?wt_mc=sm.re