Opensource.net

opensource.net · Group blog · on HN since 2023

The Open Source Initiative's blog covers open source licensing, community practice, and contribution advice.

What HN saysHN links it for posts on open source licensing and the cloud copyleft problem; commenters mostly discuss the OSI's role rather than praise the site.
22HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts

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    Single vendor is the new proprietary
    5 people · 155 points · first shared 2024 · 92 comments on HN
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    The right way to contribute to open source
    5 people · 12 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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    Closing the Gap: Accelerating Environmental Open Source
    3 people · 14 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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    How to make reviewing pull requests a better experience
    3 people · 6 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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    Open Source takes center stage at United Nations
    2 people · 32 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
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    The secret weapon of Bash power users
    2 people · 26 points · first shared 2024 · 41 comments on HN
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    Essential Python Web Security Written by Michael Foord
    2 people · 21 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
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    Open Source in Europe: Facing the regulatory challenge
    2 people · 15 points · first shared 2024 · 2 comments on HN
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    Getting Started with Open Source
    2 people · 12 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
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    Open design for digital public services
    2 people · 7 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
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    Build, buy, or borrow: open-source and your tech stack
    2 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
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    Open Source: A capitalistic value engine
    2 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN

What HN people wrote when they linked it

devonnull · 2023-09-17
The link should be https://opensource.net. Accidentally added a q to the end of the URL. Can anyone fix this? Thanks!
maffulli · 2024-03-21
I don't accept that this is OSI's fault thought: It takes two to tango. The OSI has been thinking about a more appropriate format to address the issues of copyleft in the cloud world. I recognize that the problem exists, I wrote about it here: https://opensource.net/lost-decade-crucial-lessons-for-ai/ Frankly speaking, I would love to see also a detailed criticism of the AGPLv3. I would love to have a better understanding of why the SSPL was deemed necessary and what needs the AGPLv3 fails to satisfy... So far, the only explanations I've heard are superficial at best. You have to also realize that most of these companies are not interested in copyleft or in the values of Open Source to empower users. They're following a very well known path, one that Phipps calls the rights ratchet model. Call it the SugarCRM model, if you prefer: it's a very very predictable pattern, from Open Source to proprietary in about 10 years https://meshedinsights.com/2021/02/02/rights-ratchet/ These are complex matters though and I'm convinced that they cannot be eviscerated properly on a social media, or only on an online forum. We need better ways.

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