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Elastic returns to open source, but can it regain the community’s trust?

By Solomon Klappholz last updated

Elastic has announced the addition of the OSI-approved AGPL open source license for its Elasticsearch and Kibana products

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Open source AI concept image showing digitized brain hovering over a circuit board.

Open source AI just got a major seal of approval from US regulators

By Nicole Kobie last updated

Analysis Regulators in the US appear very keen on supporting open source AI developers

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Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, speaks during a news conference following his first cabinet meeting, at Downing Street in London, UK, on Saturday, Jul. 6, 2024.

New UK government should embrace open source, says industry non-profit

By Emma Woollacott published

News Open source ideals could help drive digital uptake in the sluggish public sector, according to OpenUK

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about the new Facebook News feature at the Paley Center For Media on October 25, 2019 in New York City.

‘I find it a pretty big turnoff’ — Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks closed source AI competitors are harming the industry

By George Fitzmaurice published

News Mark Zuckerberg framed Meta as the leading open source alternative on the AI market in a recent interview

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It’s time to face the open source security problem

By Steve Ranger published

Opinion Software companies have built on open source for decades. Now they need to give back

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The logo of the global publisher of Open Source software solutions, Red Hat is displayed during the Viva Technology conference at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on June 15, 2023 in Paris, France.

Red Hat confirms channel-centric changes and says more partner-focused initiatives are on the horizon

By Maggie Holland published

Just last month at the firm’s annual conference, Red Hat stressed the importance of its partner ecosystem…

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The debate over ‘open source AI’ has reached boiling point — this new OSI initiative looks to set the record straight

By George Fitzmaurice published

News With the debate over what constitutes 'open source AI' still raging, the OSI looks to create a clear-cut definition through a new initiative

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HashiCorp's claims of code theft dubbed "embarrassing" episode for the open source community

By George Fitzmaurice published

News HashiCorp claims OpenTofu used its code in a manner that violates licensing terms, undermining Hashicorp’s intellectual property rights in the process

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Why Flux CD’s survival is another major victory for the open source community

By George Fitzmaurice published

News Despite a rocky road after the fall of Weaveworks, Flux CD is now receiving support from several organizations

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Concept image of a female software developer sitting at computer station using open source Redis alternative, Valkey

Linux Foundation unveils Redis alternative, 'Valkey', with backing from AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle

By Ross Kelly published

News Valkey will provide developers with an open source Redis alternative following the firm’s move to a more restrictive licensing scheme in March

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