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The threat to open source comes from within (News)

Apr 22, 2024

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Forrest Brazeal discusses the open source threat from within, Vicki Boykis explains Redis forks, John O’Nolan plans to federate with ActivityPub. Llama 3 for all sizes released, tips on not wanting to work. FireHydrant's Signals for incident management highlighted.

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Internal threats to open source pose a significant risk to community progress, emphasized by concerns over differing ideologies.

Redis's licensing changes and shift towards enterprise sales have stirred controversy, highlighting community discontent and detachment from developer-centric roots.

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The Threat to Open Source from Within

The podcast discusses the internal threat to open source software highlighted by Forest Brazil's article. While external threats like XZ vulnerabilities may strengthen the community, Brazil warns against a growing chilling effect that hampers progress. He addresses the increasing tension within the open source ecosystem, fueled by differing ideologies between cloud companies and open source software companies. Brazil emphasizes the importance of maintaining a delicate balance within the open source community to prevent its disruption.

Introduction

4min

Optimizing Incident Management and Alerting for Engineering Teams

2min

Innovation in Federated Publishing and Meta's LAMA 3 Performance

4min

Forrest Brazeal is concerned about the open source threat from within, Vicki Boykis explains why Redis is forked, John O’Nolan and the Ghost team plan to federate over ActivityPub, Llama 3 is now available for “businesses of all sizes” & nolen writes up questions to ask when you don’t want to work.

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