How to Navigate the Complexity of Open Source License Compliance
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, the integration of open source software (OSS) has become ubiquitous, fostering innovation, efficiency, and collaboration. However, this adoption comes with its own challenges,... Read More
Linux Foundation Newsletter: January 2024
Welcome to the Linux Foundation’s January newsletter! In this edition you’ll find new research reports, key LF Project updates, and our first Training & Certification deal of the year. Also, if you missed it, we published our 2023 Annual... Read More
OpenTofu Release Candidate Is Out, GA Set for Jan 10th
OpenTofu v1.6.0-rc1, the final stage before the first stable release, is out today. It follows the quick succession of its alpha and beta versions, on the road to an expected General Availability release on January 10, 2024, right after... Read More
Linux Foundation Newsletter: December 2023
Welcome to the Linux Foundation’s December newsletter! In this edition, we cover the many gatherings that took place across the globe, notably at Open Source Summit Japan, AI.dev in San Jose, CA., and for several Linux Foundation project... Read More
Charting the Course: Reflections from the 2023 Open Source Congress
In July 2023, Geneva, Switzerland, became the meeting ground for Open Source Congress, a research roundtable organized by the Linux Foundation. This gathering addressed pressing concerns facing the open source community, such as... Read More
Embracing Open Source Excellence: Discover LF Management & Best Practices
In the ever-expanding and often decentralized universe of open source, from software to hardware, standards, and data, and the communities of practice that have formed around them, getting the information you need quickly to make decisions... Read More
Linux Foundation Newsletter: November 2023
This month, our communities met in Chicago for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, where AI topics were front and center. Two new LF Research reports have been published: the World of Open Source Global Spotlight and the 2023 State of... Read More
Xen Project Releases Version 4.18 with New Security, Performance, and Architecture Enhancements for AI/ML Applications
New release to include updates from AMD, Arm, BUGSENG, EPAM, Vates, XenServer, and other contributors. Read More
Navigating the Open Source Landscape: Key Insights from the Global Spotlight 2023 Report
LF Research’s "World of Open Source: Global Spotlight 2023" report, written by Adrienn Lawson and Stephen Hendrick, with a foreword by Sachiko Muto of OpenForum Europe and RI.SE Research Institutes of Sweden, serves as an invaluable... Read More
OpenSSF Update Q4 2023: Building on Our Security Work
Hello, Linux Foundation members and readers! Here’s what we at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) worked on during the past quarter: Read More
Linux Foundation Newsletter: October 2023
This month’s newsletter will be one of our biggest ever! In October, our communities met in person at the Open Source Summit Europe in Bilbao and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OSS in Shanghai, China. At OpenSSF’s Secure Open Source Summit in... Read More
News from PyTorch Conference 2023
Hello from the PyTorch Conference in San Francisco! We’re thrilled that we’re able to bring together leading researchers, developers, and academic communities to further the education and advancement of end-to-end machine learning... Read More
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15-October 15, celebrates the lives, culture and contributions of more than 60 million citizens and families from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Read More
Sovereign Tech Fund Boosts Yocto Project to Help Drive Open Source Excellence
New funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund will help the Yocto Project drive significant transformation Read More
Open Source Program Offices in 2023: Key Insights and Gap Exploration
2023 has emerged as a watershed moment in the open source landscape. This year’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO) survey by the Linux Foundation and the TODO Group sheds new insights into their pervasiveness within organizations... Read More
Key Insights from "The European Public Sector Open Source Opportunity"
In an era where digital transformation is not just a buzzword but a necessity across industries, Open Source Software (OSS) has emerged as a driver for public sector innovation. The Linux Foundation's groundbreaking report, "The European... Read More
Open Source and the CRA: It Will Not Work
Expect to see open source “not approved for the EU” if the EU CRA goes forward. Read More