https://osmondvanhemert.nl/categories/open-source/Recent content in Open Source on Osmond van HemertHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Osmond van Hemert. All rights reserved.Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241017-wordpress-wp-engine-open-source-rift/Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241017-wordpress-wp-engine-open-source-rift/The WordPress/WP Engine feud has escalated into a full-blown crisis, raising fundamental questions about open source governance and commercial ecosystems.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241003-wordpress-wp-engine-open-source-governance/Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241003-wordpress-wp-engine-open-source-governance/The escalating conflict between Automattic and WP Engine raises fundamental questions about open source trademarks, governance, and what happens when a project’s founder picks a fight.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230622-red-hat-rhel-source-code-controversy/Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230622-red-hat-rhel-source-code-controversy/Red Hat’s decision to restrict public access to RHEL source code sends shockwaves through the enterprise Linux ecosystem and raises fundamental questions about open source sustainability.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221117-mastodon-fediverse-stress-test/Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221117-mastodon-fediverse-stress-test/As millions flee Twitter for Mastodon, the decentralized social protocol ActivityPub faces its biggest real-world scalability challenge yet.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221027-mastodon-decentralized-social-scaling/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221027-mastodon-decentralized-social-scaling/As users flood to Mastodon following the Twitter acquisition, the open-source platform faces its biggest infrastructure test yet.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220106-faker-colors-open-source-sabotage/Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220106-faker-colors-open-source-sabotage/A single developer deliberately corrupted two widely-used npm packages, exposing the fragility of the open source supply chain.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210325-aws-opensearch-elasticsearch-fork/Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210325-aws-opensearch-elasticsearch-fork/Amazon announces OpenSearch, a fork of Elasticsearch, escalating the most consequential open source licensing battle in years.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210114-elasticsearch-license-change/Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210114-elasticsearch-license-change/Elastic’s decision to move Elasticsearch and Kibana from Apache 2.0 to dual SSPL/Elastic License reignites the debate about open source sustainability in the cloud era.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200604-linux-kernel-57-release/Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200604-linux-kernel-57-release/Linux 5.7 ships with split-lock detection, the new ExFAT driver, userfaultfd improvements, and a thermal management overhaul — a release that matters more than its headlines suggest.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200416-github-free-for-teams/Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200416-github-free-for-teams/GitHub drops pricing barriers for teams, making unlimited private repos and essential collaboration features free for everyone.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200312-open-source-pandemic-response/Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200312-open-source-pandemic-response/As the WHO declares a pandemic, open source developers worldwide are mobilizing with tracking dashboards, distributed computing, and collaborative tools at unprecedented speed.