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"Source available" vs "open source": no-SaaS tool triggers OSS definition debate

Ruby on Rails' DHH says definitions are arbitrary and have no enforcers – and the GPL isn't free anyway.

Mistral's latest open-weights coding model has a new license with revenue limits

Free use of Devstral 2 is limited to companies with a monthly revenue under $20 million.

MCP is now a Linux Foundation project -- as Big Tech coalesces around the standard

Biggest players in AI donate their open source projects to new foundation.

IBM to buy Confluent for $11 billion  – and hopefully give it the Red Hat treatment

More than $50 billion on OSS acquisitions later, some in the Kafka community hope IBM brings stability, others worry about the impact.

A syringe held in the air for an injection. The Python Software Foundation recieved a investment from Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency.

Funding boost comes during critical funding drive.

A footpath zig zags up a mountain. Zig has left GitHub for Codeberg.

Zig creator Andrew Kelley accused the Microsoft platform of "aggressively pushing" AI tools.

Can OpenStack really replace VMware in organizations that still need to run their own virtualisation?

"OpenStack's goal is not to be a less functional VMware, it’s to be a better OpenStack with its own ecosystem..."

The hyperscaler's AI vs the "hobby coders": A security row escalates

The Stack speaks to those at the centre of the community's latest week-long debate on vulnerability disclosure and open source patching.

Python Foundation "raising the flag" on dwindling funds

Foundation behind the critical programming language "on track" for difficult financial decisions amid tightening corporate purses.

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