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Mark J. Wielaard receives 2ⁿᵈ Annual Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom
This weekend — at FOSSY 2026, Software Freedom Conservancy honored Mark J. Wielaard — decades-lo...
- 2026-08-12 18:29:25
Right to Repair Fundraiser Goal Reached
In May, Software Freedom Conservancy announced a comprehensive response to Bambu Lab's AGPL violations. This included a fundraiser to support specific Right to Repair work that would help...
- 2026-07-16 17:08:36
- We invite the Open Source community to participate in the OSI Governance Survey and help inform the future of OSI’s governance.
- — Ruth Suehle 2026-08-17 18:09:17
Why Openness Matters More Than Ever
- Members Newsletter – August 2026: Every model making headlines today, open or closed, sits on top of Open Source code, runs on Open Source infrastructure, and is based on openly shared research. Th...
- — Nick Vidal 2026-08-13 15:06:58
TOS Holds a Sprint to Develop FOSS Courses
- A team of faculty involved with TeachingOpenSource (TOS) are working on four Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) courses that will be available under a Creative Commons license.
- — Greg Hislop 2018-06-29 17:05:26
Some Tech Firm Perspectives on Hiring
- I recently attended a meeting with local tech companies to discuss the talent pipeline in this region, how they were approaching hiring, and what they saw as needs and opportunities . There were a...
- — Greg Hislop 2017-12-29 16:53:59
- I am looking forward to the SIGCSE Affiliated event on HFOSS Education. COVID set back many academic communities for a couple of years as we focused on both caring for and educating students in cha...
- — Heidi Ellis 2025-02-20 16:54:17
Podcast on Mentoring in Open Source
- A week or so ago I had the opportunity to connect with my good friend Emily Lovell who is an OSPO Incubator Fellow at UC Santa Cruz and talk about Mentoring in Open Source. The podcast was led by J...
- — Heidi Ellis 2024-06-30 23:48:03
