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iTWire Wednesday, 05 May 2021 09:31 Veteran Linux developer releases research on FOSS foundations Shares Martin Michlmayr: "I thought it would be interesting to study the role FOSS foundations play in making open source projects more sustainable and successful." Supplied Veteran Debian developer Martin Michlmayr has released two reports on foundations that support free and open source software, a primer that covers non-technical aspects and a research report that looks at t...

The developer community's issues with VCV's toxic environment were hidden by VCV, so I'm discussing on my site instead what I'll create next.

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Ford Intros Blue Cruise Hands-Free Mode as Another Tesla Crash Claims Two In an unfortunate coincidence, Ford introduced its hands-off driving product, Blue Cruise, in the same week a Tesla, possibly operating on Autopilot, crashes and burns in Houston, killing two. Advertisement In what is likely a significant setback for hands-free driving, a Tesla carrying two people crashed and burned Saturday night, killing both. The fatalities in the Tesla, whose vaunted AutoPilot software leads the hands...

iTWire Monday, 19 April 2021 07:08 Debian votes for no statement on Stallmans move back to FSF board Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The Debian GNU/Linux project has voted to stay out of the controversy over Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman rejoining the board in March, by backing the option of not releasing a statement on the issue as an organisation. This option was one of seven that developers voted on in a general resolution over the fo...

iTWire Monday, 19 April 2021 07:47 Jonathan Carter wins second term as Debian leader Shares South African developer Jonathan Carter. Supplied South African developer Jonathan Carter will continue to lead the Debian GNU/Linux project for a second year, after winning the election for the position, the results of which were declared over the weekend. only one opponent, Sruthi Chandran. She contested the elections in 2020 as well, but was unsuccessful that year too. Debian use...

Two-week vote dismissed options to back or sack controversial FOSS figure Share Copy The Debian developer community has decided to say nothing about the new controversy surrounding Richard Stallman relection to the board at the Free Software Foundation. The decision to say nothing came after a call for the project to support an open letter that called for Stallman’s removal from all leadership positions in the free software community and the removal of the entire Free Software Foundat...

Advocates of open source inclusiveness felt sidelined this March when the Free Software Foundation (FSF) reelected Richard Stallman to its board of directors. And this week, the FSF doubled down on this controversial decision in a statement on the election of Stallman. This move echoes a lot of the issues that the open source community continues to reckon with, including a toxic environment toward women and an overall lack of transparency. In this piece, we chronicle the response over the last ...