Focusing on the wrong open source issues - If you follow open source topics on X/Twitter, you can be forgiven for believing the b... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3715386/focusing-on-the-wrong-open-source-issues.html#tk.rss_all #technologyindustry #softwarelicensing #opensource

OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork - OpenTofu’s founders had a mission. Upset by HashiCorp licensing changes in August 2023... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html#tk.rss_all #softwarelicensing #opensource

Ensuring the open source moment continues - Back in the 2000s, we talked about open source a lot—perhaps too much. We fought about... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714784/ensuring-the-open-source-moment-continues.html#tk.rss_all #technologyindustry #softwarelicensing #opensource

Open source needs to catch up in 2024 - Open source pioneer Bruce Perens gets one thing right and most things wrong in a recen... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711881/open-source-needs-to-catch-up-in-2024.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #emergingtechnology #softwarelicensing #cloudcomputing #generativeai #opensource

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin bag is up $900M amid BTC price surge - Michael Saylor founded MicroStrategy has bought 6,067 Bitcoin sin... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/microstrategy-bitcoin-play-up-nearly-a-billion-amid-btc-price-surge #bitcoininvestmentstrategy #businessanalytics #softwarelicensing #quarterlyresults #michaelsaylor #subscription #statement

Rethinking open source for AI - We keep using the term “open source” in the context of large language models (LLMs) li... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706091/rethinking-open-source-for-ai.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #softwarelicensing #neuralnetworks #opensource

HashiCorp’s software license turns realpolitik - Well, that was awkward. In July I wrote about shifts in the open source licensing land... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704809/hashicorps-software-license-turns-realpolitik.html#tk.rss_all #technologyindustry #softwarelicensing #cloudcomputing #opensource

Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe for bundling Teams with M365 - Microsoft is facing an antitrust probe in Europe for bundling Teams with Microsoft 365... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3703668/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-probe-for-bundling-teams-with-m365.html#tk.rss_all #softwarelicensing #microsoft

Microsoft offers to change cloud licensing practices to avoid EU antitrust probe, says report - Microsoft has reportedly agreed to change its cloud computing practices in order to av... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3692294/microsoft-offers-to-change-cloud-licensing-practices-to-avoid-eu-antitrust-probe-says-report.html#tk.rss_all #softwarelicensing #cloudcomputing #microsoft

Oracle: Java subscribers can renew under old terms - Current Oracle Java SE licensees are not required to move to the company’s controversi... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3691255/oracle-java-subscribers-can-renew-under-old-terms.html#tk.rss_all #softwarelicensing #oracle #java

Oracle per-employee Java licensing could benefit rivals - Oracle’s controversial new Java pricing plan, based on the customer’s total number of ... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3687212/oracle-per-employee-java-licensing-could-benefit-rivals.html#tk.rss_all #softwaredevelopment #softwarelicensing #oracle #java

Oracle per-employee Java pricing causes concern - Oracle’s 2023 per-employee pricing for standard Java is raising concerns about its pot... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3686611/oracle-per-employee-java-pricing-causes-concern.html#tk.rss_all #softwarelicensing #oracle #java

Watch Out For Lasercutter Manufacturers Violating GPL - For companies that build equipment like CNC machines or lasercutters, it’s temptin... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/15/watch-out-for-lasercutter-manufacturers-violating-gpl/ #gnugeneralpubliclicense #softwarelicensing #softwarelicense #softwarehacks #copyright #license #legal #ortur #grbl #gpl

Microsoft pledges changes to European cloud licensing policies - Microsoft has outlined a set of five new European Cloud Principles in response to rece... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3661429/microsoft-pledges-changes-to-european-cloud-licensing-policies.html#tk.rss_all #softwarelicensing #cloudcomputing #microsoft

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Muse Group Continues Tone Deaf Handling of Audacity - When we last checked in on the Audacity community, privacy-minded users of the fre... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/13/muse-group-continues-tone-deaf-handling-of-audacity/ #softwaredevelopment #softwarelicensing #currentevents #opensource #musegroup #audacity #foss #gpl

Critical Cisco Bug Opens Software Licencing Manager to Remote Attack - A default password would let anyone access the Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Base platform,... more: https://threatpost.com/critical-cisco-bug-software-licencing-remote-attack/153086/ #ciscosmartsoftwaremanageron-prembase #highavailabilityservice #softwarevulnerability #softwarelicensing #vulnerabilities #defaultpassword #cve-2020-3158 #criticalflaw #remoteattack #management #cisco