# conservancy (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover conservancy. Page: Feed: --- ## [Anticipating Valgrind 3.27.0](https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2026/04/20/anticipating-valgrind-3-27-0/) _2026-04-20 · mjw · Mark J. Wielaard_ We ll release Valgrind 3.27.0 later today. While making sure the NEWS file was up to date I wrote about all the contributions made this release. Thanks all, and apologies if I missed something or someone. Aaron Merey added two new options to helgrind. To control helgrind tracing of internal synchronization, threading and memory events use \[ \] ## [I Lived a Similar Trauma Rob Reiner's Family Faces & Shame on Trump](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/12/16/rob-reiner-trump-my-brother-also-murdered-my-mother.html) _2025-12-16 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ I posted the following on my Fediverse (via Mastodon) account . I'm reposting the whole seven posts here as written there, but I hope folks will take a look at that thread as folks are engaging in conversation over there that might be worth reading if what I have to say interests you. (The remainder of the post is the same that can be found in the Fediverse posts linked throughout.) I suppose… ## [Managing Diabetes in Software Freedom](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/11/06/juggluco-foss-continuous-glucose-montior-diabetes.html) _2025-11-06 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ \[ The below is a cross-post of an article that I published on my blog at Software Freedom Conservancy . \] Our member project representatives and others who collaborate with SFC on projects know that I've been on part-time medical leave this year. As I recently announced publicly on the Fediverse , I was diagnosed in March 2025 with early-stage Type 2 Diabetes. I had no idea that that the diagnosis… ## [Anthropomorphization Cedes Ground to Artificial Intelligence & LLM Ballyhoo](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/09/02/ai-llm-hallucination-ballyhoo.html) _2025-09-02 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ Big Tech seeks every advantage to convince users that computing is revolutionized by the latest fad. When the tipping point of Large Language Models ( LLMs ) was reached a few years ago, generative Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) systems quickly became that latest snake oil for sale on the carnival podium. There's so much to criticize about generative AI , but I focus now merely on the… ## [classpath.org domain is back!](https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2025/07/24/classpath-org-domain-is-back/) _2025-07-24 · mjw · Mark J. Wielaard_ The classpath.org domain expired a couple of days ago and none of the subdomain, like planet, devel, icedtea resolved. Oops. It has been renewed for at least 5 years now. ## [Copyleft-next Relaunched!](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/07/06/copyleft-next-relaunch.html) _2025-07-06 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ I am excited that Richard Fontana and I have announced the relaunch of copyleft-next . The copyleft-next project seeks to create a copyleft license for the next generation that is designed in public, by the community, using standard processes for FOSS development. If this interests you, please join the mailing list and follow the project on the fediverse (on its Mastodon instance) . I also wanted… ## [Disabling the “HP-Setup” wifi on an HP LaserJet](https://stumbles.id.au/disabling-the-hp-setup-wifi-on-an-hp-laserjet.html) _2025-04-06 · Ben Sturmfels · Stumbles is Ben Sturmfels_ Our home printer, an HP LaserJet Pro MFP M281fdw, constantly broadcasts a wifi network called “HP-Setup\>40-M281”. Why does it need to do that though? We only ever plug it in by USB. I tried every option I could find from the built-in screen on the printer to disable this … ## [I Signed an OSI Board Agreement in Anticipation of Election Results](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/03/21/open-source-initiative-osi-2025-elections-unfair-results-hidden.html) _2025-03-21 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ I ran in the “Affiliate district” in the 2025 election for Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) on a joint platform for OSI Reform with my colleague, Richard Fontana (who among other accomplishments, is currently Senior Commercial Counsel at IBM's Red Hat). After voting closed, we received a strange request demanding that we sign the OSI 's Board Agreement within 47… ## [Repeated Mistakes Lead to Unfair OSI Elections](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/03/03/osi-board-elections-problems.html) _2025-03-03 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ Update 2025-03-21 : This blog post is extremely long (if you're reading this, you must already know I'm terribly long-winded). I was in the middle of consolidating it with other posts to make a final, single “wrap up” post of the OSI elections when, in the middle of doing that, I was told that Linux Weekly News (LWN) published an article written by Joe Brockmeier . As such,I've… ## [Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html) _2025-02-28 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ I accepted nomination as a candidate for an “Affiliate seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors elections. I was nominated by the following four OSI Affiliates: The Matrix Foundation The Perl and Raku Foundation Software Freedom Conservancy (my employer) snowdrift.coop To my knowledge, I am the only Affiliate candidate, in the history of these OSI Board of Directors… ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vX2am8xdJz49) _2025-02-28 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Supporting Software Freedom Conservancy in 2025](https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2025/01/01/supporting-software-freedom-conservancy-in-2025/) _2025-01-01 · mjw · Mark J. Wielaard_ The Software Freedom Conservancy Fundraiser runs for another 2 weeks. Please become a Sustainer, renew your existing membership or donate before January 15th to maximize your contribution to furthering the goals of software freedom! They have been a great partner to Sourceware, putting users, developers and community first. ## [Open Source AI Definition Erodes the Meaning of “Open Source”](http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2024/10/31/open-source-ai-osaid-osi.html) _2024-10-31 · bkuhn@ebb.org (Bradley M. Kuhn) · Bradley M. Kuhn's Blog ( bkuhn )_ \[ This is a crosspost from my professional blog at Software Freedom Conservancy ( SFC ) . I encourage you to use that copy of the post as the canonical linkage for this essay — I crossposted here merely for posterity and to reach a wider audience. \] This week, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) made their new Open Source Artificial Intelligence Definition (OSAID) official with its 1.0 release…