The software bill of materials [Computer Magazine]
I’m happy to report that the 34th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. As always, please consider writing an article proposal! Title The Software Bill of Materials...
View ArticleA taxonomy of microservice integration techniques [INFSOF Journal]
Abstract Context Microservices have become an important architectural style for building robust and scalable software systems. A system’s functionality is split into independent units, the...
View ArticleRe-relicensing to open source explained
In March 2024, Redis removed the open source license of its popular in-memory database and added the SSPL-1.0 license, a non-open source license according to the Open Source Initiative, the steward of...
View ArticleGetting to win/win with a university TTO
Over on LinkedIn, Stef van Grieken complains, rightfully, about a ridiculous demand by a university technology transfer office (TTO). To agree to a licensing deal with Stef’s company, the unnamed TTO...
View ArticleThe new coming relicensing scare?
What if commercial source-available vendors stopped licensing their product under their source-available license and only offered a traditional commercial license? In my current research interviews on...
View ArticleIs AI killing open source?
tl;dr Nah, things keep changing, but if anything, AI only helps open source sharpen its profile as the way to go about collaboratively developing high-quality broadly-usable software. Those who were...
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