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The Organization for Ethical Source Takes on Stewardship of Contributor Covenant GENEVA, May 27, 2021, the preeminent code of conduct for open source communities. "Today, this historic document enters the next phase of its evolution," said Nathan Schnieder, professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and OES member. "This milestone marks its exit to community, as Contributor Covenant graduates from a passion project into a community-owned asset." Contributor Covenant was cr...

The open-source Contributor Covenant is now managed by the Organization for Ethical Source Managing the technical side of open-source projects is often hard enough, but throw in the inevitable conflicts between contributors, who are often very passionate about their contributions, and things get even harder. One way to establish ground rules for open-source communities is the Contributor Covenant, created by Coraline Ada Ehmke back in 2014. Like so many projects in the open-source world, the Co...

Yeelight Opens Source Code for Chroma Connector at Razer DevCon 2021 Yeelight, announced today the release of its source code of the Chroma Connector as part of the Open Source Program at the Razer Devcon 2021. At the same time, Yeelight has also launched two of its new products compatible with Razer Chroma™ RGB–Yeelight Smart LED Color Bulb W3 and Yeelight LED Screen Light Bar Pro, which also joined the Razer DevCon as the session rewards this year. Vital addition to the Open Source Commu...

Oct 22, 2020 1:18 PM PT Red Hat, a major provider of open source solutions, has never had a comprehensive document guiding associate participation in open source projects, until now. In an ongoing oversight, the company had only a few related processes written down. Much of how the company and its workers interacted with open source contribution was known only in long-standing, widely understood, but undocumented company practice. Perhaps under the influence of its recent purchase by IBM, Red H...

Oct 22, 2020 1:18 PM PT Red Hat, a major provider of open source solutions, has never had a comprehensive document guiding associate participation in open source projects, until now. In an ongoing oversight, the company had only a few related processes written down. Much of how the company and its workers interacted with open source contribution was known only in long-standing, widely understood, but undocumented company practice. Perhaps under the influence of its recent purchase by IBM, Red H...