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<insert image of a Dickensian soot-stained child, with sixpence in hand, asking for half a stale loaf as pittance for working all week in the pipes and sewers, keeping the digital commons infrastructure running>
#opensource #sustainoss

Something's brewing!!
#GitRaven is getting UI to switch branches and tags.
#opensource #cppdev

Software used in German public offices has become geopolitical.
Part of the solution: #OpenSource
https://www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-journal/abkehr-us-software-…

Abkehr von US-Software: Bye-bye, Big Tech!
Schleswig-Holsteins Regierung macht es vor und holt sich die Hoheit über die eigenen Daten zurück. Die Abhängigkeit von US-Firmen ist in Deutschland enorm. Ein Umdenken setzt ein.

Thema Abhängigkeit von US Tech-Bros und das alternative #OpenSource-Projekt in Schleswig-Holstein and 8:47 bei Dunja Hayali im #heutejournal vom 9.2.2026 - Gut, dass das Thema jetzt auch dort ankommt

Norrköping! As in the place in Sweden where our friends @… live?!
#osgeo #GISChat #OpenSource

Trotz Herausforderungen setzt #SchleswigHolstein konsequent auf #OpenSource in Verwaltung und Justiz.
Seit 2024 werden Systeme wie #LibreOffice,

Schleswig-Holstein: Open Source ist praxistauglich trotz Umstellungsproblemen
Schleswig-Holsteins Regierung setzt auf Open Source. Der Umstieg ist für Verwaltung und Justiz nicht leicht – aber laut Digitalisierungsminister notwendig.

Hit 30k github contributions today. #opensource

Just a random reminder that #Qt is not a good choice. Qt is an #OpenSource spew of a malicious company whose business model is based on constant API churn, and selling proprietary security support to people who can't keep up and are stuck on old versions.
Many volunteers (including #Gentoo developers) are spending hours keeping the previous Qt version alive, so people can continue using software that hasn't been ported to the next version yet, and helping with porting. Dozens of useful programs are dying along with old Qt versions.
#FreeSoftware

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

Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides #Git #hosting and other services for #free and #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 […]

#Android #OpenSource Project "is already on life support, and with this latest move #Google is firmly gripping the plug." 😯🫣😞
Google takes next big leap in killing

But sir, the Shackle Maker 2000™ by Shackle Corp® is open source. You could, theoretically, use it to make more than shackles.
#CorporateOpenSource #openSource #openAsInOpenForBusiness

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

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…

#Unbrowse — agent-native browser skill for #AI agents. Auto-discovers APIs from browser traffic & generates reusable skills on the fly #opensource

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…

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).

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

RE: #foss

I'm happy to announce that since today I'll be leading the development of the #OpenSource SoulCrafted Slicer for resin 3D printers:
#3dPrinting

🙌 We are delighted to welcome Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech #Sovereignty, #Security & #Democracy of the 🇪🇺 @… on the #Fediverse!
👉 @…
Our concern: In addition to regulating #X & Co., democracy needs tangible investment in digitally sovereign communication infrastructure.
The Fediverse is the only decentralised, independent #SocialMedia network with the greatest potential for innovation, competition and democracy!
#NeuHier #FollowFriday #OpenSource

For a project to be truly #OpenSource (not to mention #FreeSoftware), it really needs to:
1. Have a *public* issue tracker that enables you to browse and search through issue reports *without* having to create an account.
2. Accept issue reports, with no strings attached. Yes, expecting registration is fine. Yes, expecting some effort to file a good bug report is fine. No, expecting people to ask permission, donate or otherwise put a lot of extra work to report a problem is not.
3. Do not close issue reports as "stale". Yes, it's fine to close a report if you really believe it was fixed, or if you asked for something and the user didn't reply for a long time. It's not fine to run a bot expecting users to jump every month so that the issue report that *you are ignoring* doesn't get closed.
If a project doesn't meet these, it's just a glorified throwaway code.

“#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

Yes the #FOSDEM app was absolutely great to find my path through all the devrooms, lectures and BOFs. This largest #opensource event was just amazing! It attracted 40% more attendees than last year and was enriched with a policy track on digital sovereignty. Now just reading a review about the event on…

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

It isn't all that hard for my reminders. I use the default stuff for now, but there are #opensource apps that can remind you to do things.

Once again I have an #askfedi question regarding #android #apps, ideally #opensource:
What is your favorite

Von Speakerdeck zu Hugo – #opensource

Oh wild! Full circle moment today when I found out #jellyfin uses PlaylistsNET, a library I contributed to years before even hearing about Jellyfin 🤓
#OpenSource is so cool!
#programming

Sodale, jetzt habe ich #Libreoffice auf die Version 26.2 gebracht.
Wichtig - zuerst das Language Pack de installieren, danach die Offline-Hilfe. Die Offline-Hilfe benötigt die Pakete um sich installieren zu können.
#linux

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 was looking at the @… OpenSSF annual report and wondering which kind of open source they use for their publishing.
Maybe one day, open source foundations will actually use open and free software.
#opensource

Besides publishing the PDF of this guide, I've also added the source documents to github.
You can view the Markdown files here: #xbrlQuickguide #opensource

Oh, "nice". I see that #GitHub now #PGP-signs commits made via the web UI with its own key, and gives them a green "Verified" label as if *you* actually signed them.
Not that you could ever really trust labels displayed by a third party, but still.
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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

Statement von #Digitalminister Dr. Fabian #Mehring zu … #Bayern und #Microsoft:
> #DigitaleSouveränität ist… zu einem Masterthema unserer Zeit geworden …. Als Top-Tech-Standort im Herzen #Europas muss es daher Bayerns Anspruch sein, auch in Fragen der #Digitalisierung #souverän zu handeln, strategische #Abhängigkeiten zu vermeiden und unsere staatliche Handlungsfähigkeit dauerhaft zu sichern.
12.01.2026: #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource

Vibe coding is the single biggest transformation since ChatGPT 3.5, it is one of the biggest transformations since the dawn of computing. It will thoroughly transform Open Source. We are not ready. #VibeCoding #OpenSource

What did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons? - varnelis.net
I write a lot about art and architecture, landscape, and the impact of technology on culture, but I haven’t written about coding since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Creative Computing magazine. Back then I was a high school kid, spending hours working in both BASIC and 6502 assembler on the VIC-20. I ...

Die EU-Kommision macht eine Konsultation zu #OpenSource für den Einsatz in ihrer Verwaltung und sucht Stellungnahmen und Use Cases, z.B. von Unternehmen, Verwaltungen oder Einzelpersonen:
> The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:
a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU [...]
a strategic and operational framework to strengthen t…

#EnteLocker - to nowa aplikacja od twórcy #EnteAuth i #EntePhotos. Służy do zapisywania dokumentów w bezpieczny sposób.
Oczywiście

Ente Locker - Spazio sicuro per i tuoi documenti più importanti
Conserva i tuoi documenti e le tue credenziali importanti. Condividili con contatti fidati o trasmettili in caso di emergenza.

I don't think that adopting #OpenSource software for government administration functions would leave Scotland 'stuck with choosing between US... or EU cloud services', @….
After all, 'cloud' is just space you've hired on som…

1. Submit a pull request to #zlib that changes the library filename on #Windows.
2. Pull request gets merged, and you effectively break everything that linked dynamically to zlib.
3. Attack everyone who reported this as a bug.
#OpenSource

"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…

Digitale Souveränität braucht mehr als Schlagworte: klare Roadmap, offene Standards, „Public Money, Public Code“. Wenn die eAkte nur mit Word funktioniert, läuft etwas schief. @da_bei@social.darmstadt.de
#OpenSource #Darmstadt

Ach schau an eine #menubar App für #macos vorgestellt vom @… #opensource

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

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

The #libxml2 situation is a sad one. It sucks that big tech companies refuse to fund a library that is so critical to their products.
Let it be known that I support Nick, the now-former, original maintainer of the project.
#opensource

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..."

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

„Souveränitäts-Washing“ im 🇩🇪-Stack: Wer Unabhängigkeit predigt, aber weiter auf proprietäre Abhängigkeiten setzt, betreibt Etikettenschwindel. Digitale Selbstbestimmung ist mehr als PR. OSB Alliance laut @… #OpenSource

stakeholders are invited to reply to the following questions:
1. What are strengths & weaknesses of the #EU #OpenSource sector? What are the main barriers that hamper
(i) adoption and maintenance of high-quality and secure open source; and (ii) sustainable contributions to
open-source communities?
2. What is the added value of open source for the public and private sectors? Please provide concrete examples,
including the factors (such as cost, risk, #LockIn, #security, innovation, among
1/2

Kostensparen trifft Unabhängigkeit: Schleswig-Holstein ersetzt proprietäre Software von #Microsoft durch offene Lösungen – nicht zuletzt, um sich von politisch-ökonomischen US-Einflüssen zu lösen. Ein Modell für andere Verwaltungen, das zeigt: digitale Souveränität ist kein Traum. 🔄FAZ #OpenSource

👍 Ohne #OpenSource keine #DigitaleSouveränität!
@… https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/116081708267013064

The GCVE.eu initiative will take part in hackathon.lu (14–15 April, Luxembourg), alongside core developers of GCVE-related projects. See you there to build, experiment, and collaborate!
#gcve #cve #opensource

Berlin in summer anyone? Only 10 days left to submit your paper to become a #bbuzz speaker: #bbuzz #berlin #conference #opensource #search #moderndata #machinelearning

Let's get this straight: it is entirely normal for a #OpenSource project to accumulate bug reports over time. They're not a thing to be ashamed of.
On the contrary, if you see a nontrivial project with a very small number of bug reports, it usually means one of the following:
a. you've hit a malicious fake,
b. the project is very young and it doesn't have many users (so it's likely buggy),
c. the project is actively shoving issues under the carpet.
None of that is a good sign. You don't want to use that (except for b., if you're ready to be the beta tester).
#FreeSoftware #Gentoo #GitHub #Python

Dear #OpenSource Community 👋,
The @… would like to hear your views on the »European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy« − #HaveYourSay.
– Call for evidence –
Deadline: 3 Feb. 2026
👉 #EODES #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #FediAdmins #EU #Democracy #DigitalSovereignty #Demokratie #DigitaleSouveranitat #OpenSourceSoftware

🧠 #Headroom - The Context Optimization Layer for #LLM Applications #opensource #Python
…

How to absolutely *not* do #OpenSource: require people to commit to work on other issues with your project in order to file bugs. So, sorry, #Typer, I won't be filing bugs. You figure out how you messed up your release yourself.
Also, please don't use #FastAPI. They are clearly bothered by the fact that people dare use their projects and waste their precious time with support requests.
#Python #FreeSoftware #Gentoo

#TechCrunch provides a nice »beginner’s guide to #Mastodon, the #OpenSource #Twitter alternative« ¹
🤔 What is Mastodon? How do you create an account?
🤔 What is Mastodon’s #moderation policy?
🤔 What are the benefits compared with Twitter/X?
🤔 Does it work with #Bluesky & #Threads?
And much more!
Amanda Silberling, 1 Jan. 2026
👉 #DIDit #IDIDIT #DigitalIndependenceDay
#DID #DigitalerUnabhängigkeitstag
#DUT #DutGemacht #SaveSocial #DIDaySupportCommunity

RE: #Fediverse apps?
Marketing Idea:
Create a series of posts, memes or videos where real people share their positive experiences with #Mastadon, #Pixelfed, #PeerTube, #Loops, #Lemmy, #Friendica, etc. - like the example below. Then post those ad nauseum on the equivalent services: X, BlueSky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Meta, etc. Think of it like a guerrilla campaign injecting positive experiences directly into the tech bros home turf. Be relentless with the messages.
I've seen some Fediverse content on U.S. social media platforms, like videos explaining what the Fediverse is, or how to choose a server on Mastodon. But, with all respect to our technical experts (love you all), we shouldn't have nerds selling the Fediverse to non-technical social media users. People will relate to real people connecting seamlessly across different platforms - for family, for entertainment, for education.
#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

#Upright - #OpenSource Synthetic #Monitoring System by #37signals

#Berlin will sich langfristig von #Windows und #MicrosoftOffice lösen und setzt auf eine neue #OpenSource

Open-Source-Strategie: Mit diesem Plan will Berlin weg von Windows und Office - Golem.de
Mit Schulungen, Sprechstunden und Prototypen des Linux-PCs will die Berliner Verwaltung sich selbst verändern - eine große Aufgabe.

Honestly, looking at the license violation thread of #chardet, I really feel like #OpenSource these days is a complete shitshow and I really don't feel like a part of the community anymore. Almost all replies are basically assholes questioning whether there "legally" is actually a problem there. Nobody's concerned that the whole thing is a huge dick move, which makes the maintainer a complete dick and nobody with a shed of morality left would be willing to approve this.
Also, it's a great opportunity to seed some GitHub blocklists.
#FreeSoftware #AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM

New on #blog: "Money isn’t going to solve the #burnout problem"
"""
The xz-utils backdoor situation brought the problem of FLOSS maintained burnout into the daylight. This in turn lead to numerous discussion on how to solve the problem, and the recurring theme was funding maintenance work.
While I’m definitely not opposed to giving people money for their FLOSS work, if you think that throwing some bucks will actually solve the problem, and especially if you think that you can just throw them once and then forget, I have bad news for you: it won’t. Surely, money is a big part of the problem, but it’s not the only reason people are getting burned out. It’s a systemic problem, and it’s in need of systemic solution, and that’s involves a lot of hard work undo everything that’s happened in the last, say, 20 years.
But let’s start at the beginning and ask the important question: why do people make free software?
"""
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #AI #NoAI #LLM #NoLLM #Gentoo

💻 #code-server runs #VSCode in your browser on any machine anywhere #IDE #opensource

How should the #EU support #OpenSource companies and communities? How about the #Fediverse?
#HaveYourSay: The @… would like to hear your views about the #European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy:
⏰ Deadline: 3 February 2026
👉 #FOSS #Floss #OpenSource #NGI #DigitalSovereignty #DutGemacht #DiDay #UnplugTrump

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

📦 #Docker Hardened Images (#DHI) now free for all developers! #OpenSource #DevSecOps

Sometimes I wonder why do I even bother. I mean, people are perfectly happy to let statistical models designed as bullshit generators do their coding. Why do I even bother running their test suites and inspecting the failures as a human, if these tests may well be complete bullshit?
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Gentoo #Python #AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #VibeCoding

Schön zu sehen, dass #digitec #galaxus aktives Mitglied der #chocolatey Community ist. 🙏
#opensource

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

Diskussionsbeitrag des Präsidiumsarbeitskreises #DigitaleSouveränität der Gesellschaft für @… :
»Digitale Kolonie oder #souveräne Macht? Warum #Europa #US-Tech-Monopole aus öffentlichen Aufträgen von kritischer Infrastruktur ausschließen muss«
21.01.2026: #OpenSource Software
Dr. Weigele, Sprecher AK#Datenschutz u. #ITSicherheit
#Informatik #Sicherheit #Kritis #NSS2025

"Es geht auch ohne Microsoft", Der #Spiegel bringt spannende Erfahrungsberichte von grösseren Organisationen beim Umstieg auf #OpenSource #LibreOffice & Co!
#digitalesouveranitat
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/digitale-souveraenitaet-es-geht-auch-ohne-microsoft-a-395903c2-7109-48a7-91df-52997d27d569

54 Members of the 🇪🇺 #European Parliament from #EPP #SD #Renew #GreensEFA and #TheLeft are calling on the @… to take urgent action and build European #SocialMedia platforms following the recent #Grok scandal.
Read the full text on @…'s website:
#democracy #DigitalSovereignty #Europe #OpenSource #privacy #usa #trump #Musk #Sovereignty #trump #fediverse #mastodon