Anyone else remember how #MariaDB company adopting the "Business Source License" for MaxScale made MaxScale and the company super-profitable? No one? Oh yeah, that's because it didn't. #Hashicorp#BUSL#opensource
My point is not to convince anyone to stop using #MariaDB - definitely do - it's absolutely awesome and #opensource. It happens to be awesome because it is owned by a Foundation that guarded it against the Company doing exactly what #Hashicorp just did. I also can't think of a reason why #Hashicorp won't enjoy similar outcomes to MariaDB Company. Hopefully, the common tools (Terraform, Vault) will get forked and maintained by a Foundation. The company is screwed. It's only a matter of time.
Any insights how #fedora and #debian will handle the license change in #vagrant? I don't hope they would include BSL code in the distro, so… freeze the version of vagrant before the license change? Any prominent OSS fork already? #opensource#osi#license#freesoftware
@fwilhe@adamw The #MariaDB database is still very much #opensource and likely available in your favorite distribution. The #Hashicorp blog post was misleading, IMO, by not making the very important distinction between the flagship database license and a very specific proprietary orchestrator for the database made by the MariaDB company. The MariaDB Foundation governs the database and had nothing to do with BUSL.
I would like to personally thank #Hashicorp for providing the final push I needed to finally replace the remaining #Terraform stuff in our infrastructure. #opensource
"Were you building a downstream project that incorporates our code that was #opensource up until today? Better reach out to our sales team or you'll hear from our lawyers, sucker!"
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Can you imagine if all Machine Automation written using public #data without having explicitly sought the author's permission had to be published under the #GNU licence?
> Whatever has been going on until now with data slurping in the interests of bombarding us with microtargeted ads is small stuff compared to the accelerating acquisition for the purpose of feeding AI models. Arguably, AI could be a public good in the long term as it improves, and therefore allowing these companies to access all available data for training is in the public interest. But if that’s true, then the public should own the models, not the companies. Why should we consent to the use of our data so they can sell it back to us and keep the proceeds for their shareholders?
Thanks for all of the recommendations, everyone! I wound up going with Joplin. It's #opensource, syncing via Nextcloud is a snap, and I'm enjoying the interfaces on both #Linux and Android so far!
A broken clock is right twice a day, and occasionally knee-jerk reactions are absolutely correct.
Hopefully this gets resolved in its time, I am not going to hold my breath on this one though. Ultimately, we have not given the author an incentive to change his core position, which itself outlines the heart of the problem. #moq#oss#opensource
It's time for day 2 of #DEFCON now it actually properly starts. KernelDump has been a great mentor for my first time and we will be checking out CTF and more. I plan to attend Queercon events as well as last night we were busy setting up our hacker lab in the room. Also I got my DEFCON pride button. #DEFCON31 #InfoSec#cybersecurity#Linux#OpenSource
#Redmine is a popular #opensource#projectmanagement software. 🎯
It builds the foundation for OpenProject. We compared both tools and updated our OpenProject vs. Redmine video.
See for yourself how both software differ today!
#AI#OpenSource#Music#GenerativeAI#Copyright#IP: "The surge of open-source AI programs such as So-Vits-SVC — shared online by Chinese programmers on platforms such as GitHub — has allowed internet users to train and build their own deepfake models that mimic celebrity voices. From Singapore to Spain, people have used these Chinese-made AI programs to resurrect dead artists, parodize politicians, and bulk-produce songs in the voices of Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and Donald Trump.
But the proliferation of voice-cloning AI has also triggered warnings from authorities and the music industry. Chinese state media have warned creators of AI songs about copyright violations. After an AI-generated song featuring the voices of Drake and the Weeknd went viral, the Universal Music Group, one of the world’s biggest record companies, called deepfake songs a form of “fraud” and a threat to human creative expression."