by Jono Bacon | Jun 11, 2018 | Closed Source, Free Culture, Free Software, Open Source
Recently the news broke that Microsoft are acquiring GitHub. Effusive opinions flowed from all directions: some saw the acquisition as a sensible fit for Microsoft to better support developers, and some saw it as a tyrant getting their grubby fingers on open...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 29, 2016 | Free Software, Linux, Open Source
Last week a bun-fight kicked off on the Linux kernel mailing list that led to some interesting questions about how and when we protect open source projects from bad actors. This also shone the light on some interesting community dynamics. The touchpaper was lit when...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 25, 2016 | Free Culture, Free Software, Open Source, Uncategorized
In August I am speaking at Abstractions and the conference organizers very kindly offered to provide a speaker fee. Thing is, I have a job and so I don’t need the fee as much as some other folks in the world. As such, I would like to donate the speaker fee to an...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 30, 2015 | Free Software, Open Source
Today we heard the sad news that Ian Murdock has passed away. He was 42. Although Ian and my paths crossed relatively infrequently, over the years we became friends. His tremendous work in Debian was an inspiration for my own work in Ubuntu. At times when I was unsure...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 25, 2015 | Free Software, Open Source
There are a number of important organizations in the Open Source and Free Software world that do tremendously valuable work. This includes groups such as the Linux Foundation, Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apache Software Foundation, and...
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