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A classic pattern in technology economics, identified by Joel Spolsky, is layers of the stack attempting to become monopolies while turning other layers into perfectly-competitive markets which are commoditized, in order to harvest most of the consumer surplus; discussion and examples.
Eric S Raymond has released version 0.2 of Autodafe, his latest open-source project that provides 'tools for freeing your project from the clammy grip of Autotools.'
For the first time, an open-source maintainer put malware into a key Linux utility. We're still not sure who or why - but here's what you can do about it.
Collaborative innovation has been the group's driving force for a quarter of a century. Or, to paraphrase Lao Tzu, the journey of a thousand open-source programs starts with a single project.
Open-source licenses, already stretched thin by software-as-a-service and the cloud, are an even worse fit for AI's large language models. What's an open source leader to do?