You'd wish more projects would put such measures in place.

I personally think this is where it'll head after the bubble pops. We should be able to recover enough material to have something viable to run locally. The question will be "where the updated models come from?", it might be the public sector helping there and hopefully those will be truly FOSS and ethical (like Apertus).

This is an account of how dark things can become when you align your identity with your contributions. Stay healthy, stay safe!

Let's help them help us. There are a few things to have in place for governments to be able to pay maintainers.

Yes, we have lots of layers nowadays. But you can read them to figure out when something doesn't work like you expect. This is one of the most important skills of the trade.

Excellent piece, indeed legal is not the same as legitimate. More often than not the law is lagging behind and things might be wrongly "fixed" at a later date. In that interval that's when our communities need to build its own tools to protect the commons. We're clearly reaching such an inflection point. Interestingly, I think there's is a difference of reaction between the people with a Free Software culture and the ones with an Open Source culture.

We should indeed put an end to those proprietary formats. It's sad to see the EU Commission contradict itself there.

Clearly the author is angry and he has every right to be. By closing platforms and fighting against tinkering, the big tech companies try to kill of the power user and hacker cultures. By letting this happen we all loose as a society.

Kind of resonate oddly with the string of talks I gave talking about craftsmanship a decade ago. Looks like FOSS communities at large have no choice but get inspired by such old practice.

I guess when you unleash agents unsupervised their ethos tend to converge on the self-entitled asshole contributors? This raise real questions, this piece explains the situation quite well.

Clearly early days... Could that become a good place to land for people fleeing off Discord?

Clearly Free Software projects will have to find a way to deal with LLM generated contributions. A very large percentage of them is leading to subtle quality issues. This also very taxing on the reviewers, and you don't want to burn them out.

Need inspiration for your answer to the European Commission call for evidence on open source? This is a good one.

Interesting ideas on how to approach teaching at the university. It gives a few clue on how to deal with chatbots during exams, can be improved but definitely a good start.

I'm not sure the legal case is completely lost even though chances are slim. The arguments here are worth mulling over though. There's really an ethical factor to consider.

Interesting points. Forums are clearly not good replacements for mailing lists. They might be a good complementary to mailing lists but both have very different affordances.

This is a very rich article. There's indeed more and more a rift between Open Source projects used by hyperscalers and the ones used by smaller businesses and individuals. You likely want to aim for the latter.

Looks like the trend continues. Let's hope the Linux desktop user base will keep growing this year.

If you needed a reminder about why you can't trust WhatsApp, this is a good explanation.

Go and get your voice heard! This is important matter, especially if you're interested in Free Software.