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Very good #opendata service by the #czech national #library: Open data - National Library of the Czech Republic

The Open Contributions Descriptor (OCD) is an open, machine-readable JSON format that allows an organization to publish a structured description of its participation in the open ecosystem.
It's still a bit in flux but the goal of OCD is to make organizational openness discoverable, interoperable, and automatable.
#opensource

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

"Wie wäre es, wenn die #EU mal so richtig groß in #OpenSource-Projekte investiert? Nicht ein bisschen hier, ein bisschen da. Nicht das eine Land sucht sich Projekt X aus Eigeninteresse heraus und macht dann das Nötigste, sondern wirklich breit – von Basistechnologien bis zum Desktop und einzelnen Program…

31st Developers and Devops DORS/CLUC conference starts tomorrow in Zagreb, Croatia.
And on Saturday we'll have #SOTMHR #Openstreetmap track https://

State of the Map Croatia (DORS/CLUC 2026)
State of the Map Croatia (DORS/CLUC 2026), 25th April 13:00 – 15:15 at Sveučilište Algebra Bernays, Gradišćanska ulica 24 in City of Zagreb, Croatia. As a part of an 31. annual DORS/CLUC open source / open data / Linux…

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

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Open Choir Fire:
🎵 A Vow of Poverty a Million Generations Couldn't Fix
#OpenChoirFire
https://openchoirfire.bandcamp.com/track/a-vow-of-poverty-a-million-generations-couldnt-fix
https://open.spotify.com/track/68u0aokgQ3wBbb6B0jZ6kj

#Leanstral: #OpenSource foundation for trustworthy #vibecoding
https://

Dear #Business. Here's a reminder to you who rely on #OpenSource in your software and services.
Your digital infrastructure is cheap because you CAN get it for almost no cost.
How cheap?
Look at the Harvard Business Review study from 2024: The ROI of Open Source is 2000 ×.
…

Open source software valued at $8 trillion in Harvard study
"Any time you spend on building that software to operate is time taken away from building the services that customers really want and will pay for. Open source software helps companies get to their goals faster..."

It's #opendataweek and there's a blog post on the history of Open Data in the city of Toronto
Started in 2009!
https://open.toronto.ca/a-history-worth-remembering/…

Oh, #GitHub is empathetic to #OpenSource projects impacted by all the #AI slop. They're willing to help, right?
#Copilot even once, and of course they're not going to let people actually block this piece of shit.
#LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #hypocrisy #Microsoft

#OpenSource #security at Astral
https://astral.sh/blog/open-source-security-at-astral…

Frankreich verpflichtet alle Ministerien bis Herbst 2026 zu Open-Source-Plänen. Alle Ministerien müssen bis Herbst 2026 Pläne für den Wechsel zu Open-Source-Software vorlegen. Das Kalkül dahinter ist nüchtern: Wer die Software kontrolliert, kontrolliert die Infrastruktur. Deutschland diskutiert noch. Horst Schulte über eine Lücke, die größer wird.
#OpenSource

»Sicherheitsexperten warnen — OpenSource-#KI könnte zu gravierendem Security-Problem werden:
Setzen User:innen von #OpenSource-KI ihre #Sicherheit aufs Spiel? Sicherheitsforscher:innen warnen jetzt davor, …

Sicherheitsexperten warnen: Open-Source-KI könnte zu gravierendem Security-Problem werden | t3n
Setzen User:innen von Open-Source-KI ihre Sicherheit aufs Spiel? Sicherheitsforscher:innen warnen jetzt davor, dass die Tools gravierende Security-Probleme mit sich bringen, wenn sie falsch genutzt werden. Was sie bei ihrer Untersuchung herausgefunden haben. Open-Source-Projekte im KI-Bereich werden immer populärer. Mittlerweile arbeitet sogar ein deutsches Forschungskonsortium an einem solchen Modell für die EU. Die Alternativen zu kommerziellen […]

Open Contributions Descriptor — or how to map your contribution in open source, open data, and open standards
🔗 Blog post #opensource

No Denmark 😔
#openaccess for all authors from 11 supporting countries:
🇦🇹 Austria
🇫🇷 France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇮🇹 Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇴 Norway
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇪🇸 Spain
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Now "incentivize" institutions to make this the default #publishing option. #openscience

#OpenTelemetry Project Publishes “Demystifying OpenTelemetry” Guide to Broaden Observability Adoption
https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/02/opentelemetry-observability/

Since OpenClaw is spreading everywhere and is being promoted by various means for use by the general public. And the general public has no clue. Somethings really bad are going to happen.
Since OpenAI hired the author of OpenClaw and is facilitating its open source foundation, supplying the models and stack, IMHO they could easily get tied into litigation from the first OpenClaw Agents Go Wild incident.
(Though I am not a lawyer)
#OpenClaw #OpenAI

Keynote about #digitalsovereignty by @… this morning at #deRSE26.
The knowledge is in the source code.

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

It's that time again - tomorrow, Tues 10 March, 20:00 NZDT is when the next Aotearoa NZ #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre meetup starts. You can find us at

RE: #Hannover kauft falsche #Microsoft-Lizenzen für 324.000 Euro«¹
vs
»#SchleswigHolstein zeige, so @…, dass der Weg in die digitale Unabhängigkeit möglich und bereits jetzt wirtschaftlich sei. Das Land spare dadurch schon jetzt mehr als 15 Millionen Euro an Lizenzkosten.«²
¹ #FOSS #OpenSource #Wirtschaft #Digitalisierung #PublicMoneyPulicCode #Bund #Verwaltung #Schulen #Hochschulen #Bildung #Wissenschaft

TIL: Open Agent Management Protocol
#OpenTelemetry

"Tangled Terms: How We Talk About Transformative Agreements"
#OpenAccess

‼️ YES!
Der Internationale #Strafgerichtshof ersetzt #Microsoft durch #openDesk, eine Open-Source-Lösung aus

Sorge vor US-Sanktionen: Internationaler Strafgerichtshof kickt Microsoft aus seiner Verwaltung
Der Internationale Gerichtshof will sich von Microsoft unabhängig machen und schwenkt auf openDesk um, die Open-Source-Bürosoftware des Zentrums für Digitale Souveränität. Die Bundesregierung könnte sich daran ein Beispiel nehmen. Denn während openDesk bei europäischen Nachbarn gefragt ist, fremdelt die Bundesverwaltung noch immer damit.

I'm not sure the US administration understands the damage it has done to Big Tech. Europe is shifting to open source
#us #bigtech #europe #opensource

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

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

I visited a popular #OpenSource documentation site this morning, and the glare almost blinded me.
Folk, in this day and age, if you run a website, there is NO EXCUSE for not implementing `@media: prefers-color-scheme(dark)`
But, I thought, this is open source! I can submit a pull request to fix this!
Reader, there are ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR distinct colours specified in th…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Open Mike Eagle:
🎵 My Auntie's Building
#OpenMikeEagle
https://openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/track/my-aunties-building
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Nlqvunu36sCwG1Hs9PYjD

"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

Tomorrow (Tues 10 Feb, 20:00 NZDT) is our next monthly #Libre / #FOSS / #OpenSource meeting. All welcome! Find us at

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 can we establish financially sustainable organisations and initiatives that are grounded in the values of Open Science?
I created a list of ways to generate money as an #OpenScience initiative, service or business (including #OpenSource).

@…'s keynote at the EU Open Source #Policy Summit 2026 pressed all the key points that I've been worried about.
#OpenSource is Digital

« J'ai découvert le modèle Open Weights GLM-5 »
#LLM #OpenWeights

“#AI is the single-greatest coordinated attack on open source in history, and the #opensource world would do well to realise that."
The great #license-washing has begun

LibreOffice, Nextcloud, OpenDesk: leistungsfähig, aber angeblich zu unbequem. Mein Eindruck: Viele Argumente gegen Open Source sind vor allem Ausreden. Warum Integration kein Hexenwerk ist und Komfort nicht alternativlos bei Microsoft liegen muss. #OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität

GCVE will be at hackathon.lu - April 14th and 15th, 2026
So if you want to work on all the cool stuff around vulnerability management, federated publication of vulnerability information, analytics, and anything related to vulnerabilities, join us.
#gcve #opensource

GCVE will be at hackathon.lu - April 14th and 15th, 2026
This 2-day, in-person hackathon, held in Luxembourg on April 14–15, 2026 (09:00–17:00), combines a hands-on open-source hackathon with an integrated public conference morning on April 14 (09:00–12:00). The event focuses on the development of free and open-source software for cybersecurity and related domains. GCVE.eu will be there, so if you want to work on all the cool stuff around vulnerability management, federated publication of vulnerability information, analytics, and anything rela…

#overpass servers for #open are overloaded lately, likely due to all #AI bots and whatnot.
Only workaround seems to be setting up your own local instance. Luckily, there exists Docker container which ma…

Overpass API performance issues
Technically you could run it on your laptop if it is beefy enough (or if it is not, but you don’t care about whole planet but a smaller region like your own country)[1] It took me about 5 hours walltime (4 and half of them waiting for downloads of full preprocessed planet to finish, which I used productively elsewhere), and running that docker container was not too complicated (most of the work was reading the docs, setting up HTTPS certificates and redirection[2] and securing it a little) o…

Weiss jemand eine Seite, wo man open source sachen für #macos oder überhaupt #apple finden kann ?
#macos #opensource

Our Call for Papers for Berlin Buzzwords closes this Sunday, February 15!
We encourage everyone in modern data infrastructure, search and machine learning and focused on open source software projects to submit their talk proposals, especially first-timers and people from underrepresented groups! #bbuzz #OpenSource #Berlin #Conference #MachineLearning #Search #DataInfrastructure #DataScience

I wouldn't be asking the question if I didn't believe the question needed to be answered, so I believe an answer of 'yes’ is justified.
I see so many people saying that they leave because they get harassed off of the platform... by reply guys... or sexual harassers... or people who just believe Mastodon can only have a certain kind of content, or person… regardless of its mission as part of an open/free alternative to corporate social media.
A lot of it just seems like bad behaviour by what might be a small number of those 300,000 monthly users (let alone the 3 million accounts in total on that server).
I don't know if "more moderation" is the answer, but that's kind of the only lens I am seeing right now.
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Moderation #OpenServers #Bullying #Welcome

Slowly, but without pause, our #FLOSS slicer for resin #3dPrinting is starting to take shape :) .
#OpenResinAlliance ( #Resin3dPrinting #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

> #Eurosky and @… announce partnership to develop key infrastructure for the open social web, based on the #ATProtocol.
16 March 2026: #SocialMedia #ATmosphere #OpenSource #DiDay #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty #DigitaleSouveranitat

"A new #opensource edge #AI system called π #RuView is turning ordinary #WiFi infrastructure into a

Open Source als Schlüssel zur digitalen Souveränität
Soeben ist mein Artikel im Swiss IT Magazine erschienen. Happy reading. Bin auf Feedback gespannt.
#swissitmagazine #opensource #digitalesouveranitat #digitalsovereignty