A plan for open source software maintainers
It seems to me that this is a case where problems are in fact solutions to other problems. To wit:
Why GitHub Can't Host the Linux Kernel Community
A while back at the awesome maintainerati Ichatted with a few great fellow maintainers about how to scale really big opensource projects, and how github forc...
Why we never thank open source maintainers
Why we never thank open source maintainers - Unicooo
Firefox 51.0
We'd also like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!
Why Is NumPy Only Now Getting Funded?
Recently we announced that NumPy, a foundational package for scientific computing with Python, had received its first-ever grant funding since the start of the project in 2006. Community interest in this announcement was massive, raising our website traffic by over 2600%. The predominant reaction was one of…
Avast open-sources its machine-code decompiler
After seven years of development, Avast open-sources its machine-code decompiler for platform-independent analysis of executable files.
Open Source License Business Perception Report
the pain and confusion of common open licenses, roughly quantified
Mozilla Awards Over Half a Million to Open Source Projects
At Mozilla we were born out of, and remain a part of, the open source and free software movement. Through the Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) program, w
Homebrew 1.4.0
Today I’d like to announce Homebrew 1.4.0. The most significant change since 1.3.0 is that Homebrew filters environment variables.
GIMP – 2016 in review
When we released GIMP 2.9.2 in late 2015 and stepped over into 2016, we already knew that we’d be doing mostly polishing. This turned out to be true to a larger extent, but quite a few new features slipped in. So, what are the big changes for GIMP in 2016?
Cap'n Proto 0.6 released – 2.5 years of improvements
Today we’re releasing Cap’n Proto 0.6, the first major Cap’n Proto release in nearly 2.5 years.
New analysis reveals significant ROI in open source technologies
Examples abound of leading tech companies that have adopted open source strategy and contribute actively to open source tools and communities. Google, for example, has been a long contributor to open source with projects – such as its popular mobile operating system, Android – and recently launched a directory of ...
Debian and GNOME announce plans to migrate communities to GitLab
GitLab today announced it was abandoning the industry-standard Contributor License Agreement in favor of a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) and license
Krita Foundation: Update
Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
How you can contribute to Firefox 57 success
If you’ve been following Firefox development over the last year, you probably know that we’re hard at work on a major refactor of the browser, codenamed Quantum .
KeePassXC 2.2.0 released with YubiKey and TOTP support
KeePassXC Password Manager
Petition: Public Money Should Produce Public Code
The Free Software Foundation Europe and a broad group of organisations including Creative Commons are supporting the Public Money, Public Code campaign. The initiative calls for the adoption of policies that require that software paid for by the public be made broadly available as Free and Open Source Software. Nearly…
The Piston image library is now pure Rust
A user friendly game engine written in Rust
Sandstorm is returning to its community roots
Take control of your web by running your own personal cloud server with Sandstorm.
ReactOS 0.4.6 released
ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows
ReactOS 0.4.4 Released
ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows
Irssi 1.0.0 Released
Irssi 1.0.0 has been released. This release contains many improvements. Irssi 1.0.0 includes contributions by Lukas Mai, Xavier G, Kenny Root, Jari Matilainen, Todd A. Pratt, Manish Goregaokar, B. Thibault, Joseph Bisch, Will Storey, Lauri Tirkkonen, Lauri Nurmi, Tom Feist, Thomas Samson, Dennis Schagt, Mantas…
Fedora 27 released
The Fedora Project proudly announces the release of Fedora 27, its latest leading-edge operating system. Download it free and experience it today.