Predictions in Open Source: Security, Mature Strategies, COSO, AI/ML
I joined Javier Perez and Rod Cope of Perforce in a webinar entitled Open Source Trends to Watch in 2023 where we reviewed our 2022 predictions and laid out some new…
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2023, governments scrutinize Open Source
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The ultimate list of reactions to the Cyber Resilience Act
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The License Review working group asks for community input on its recommendations
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The 2023 State of Open Source Report confirms security as top issue
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What is the Cyber Resilience Act and why it’s dangerous for Open Source
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a proposal for a European law that aims to drive the safety and integrity of software of all kinds by extending the “CE” self-attestation mark to software. And it may harm Open Source.
BigBlueButton provides access to quality education through Open Source
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Apache Cassandra community looks to the future: Watch for a new release, conference spring 2023
Apache Cassandra is getting ready for its 5.0 release in spring 2023, together with the Cassandra Summit. Register now.
2022 is almost over, welcome 2023!
The year is ending with a solid 20% growth in revenue from sponsors and an even more impressive increase of the total number of corporate sponsors, to a whopping 51 up from 36 last year!