The Linux Foundation reveals the 'ugly' secret of how open source is draining your budget

The Linux Foundation reveals the 'ugly' secret of how open source is draining your budget

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Source or sink? Trees with heart rot disease emit more methane, upending forest carbon models

• Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils • This ecosystem-wide service, called carbon

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 140 words
Deploying Open Source Vision Language Models (VLM) on Jetson

Deploying Open Source Vision Language Models (VLM) on Jetson

• Deploying Open Source Vision Language Models (VLM) on Jetson Vision-Language Models (VLMs) mark a significant leap in AI by blending visual perception with semantic reasoning. •

ATABoy is an Open Source USB Bridge For Old IDE Drives

ATABoy is an Open Source USB Bridge For Old IDE Drives

• You can get an IDE to USB bridge from all the usual sources, but you may find those fail on the older drives in your collection- apparently they require drives using logical bloc

Errors in building clangd from source

Errors in building clangd from source

• kaddy 1 I built Clang from source a while back by following the build instructions. • I now want to install clangd . • I am trying to build it from source as well by following th

Language Internals · February 22, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 328 words
True source of magnetic effect in altermagnetism found, questioning faster computing claims

True source of magnetic effect in altermagnetism found, questioning faster computing claims

• True source of magnetic effect in altermagnetism found, questioning faster computing claims Altermagnets are a hot field of research right now. • Researchers in the United States

Near-infrared study finds no clear counterpart to mysterious gamma-ray source

• Spanish astronomers have conducted a near-infrared study of an ultra-high energy gamma-ray source designated LHAASO J2108+5157. • The new study, published February 11 on the arXi

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 127 words

The open source world can write its own rules for AI... and nobody has to ask permission

• Two Open Source + AI policy posts in 24 hours, MicroPython now requires AI disclosure on every pull request . • The EFF just published their own policy for LLM-assisted contribut

Open Hardware · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 235 words
Even GenAI uses Wikipedia as a source

Even GenAI uses Wikipedia as a source

• They discuss how this project helped offload the burden that scraping was creating for their sites, what Wikimedia.DE is doing to maintain data integrity for their entries, and t

Developer Ecosystem · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 226 words
OpenClaw Security Issues Continue as SecureClaw Open Source Tool Debuts

OpenClaw Security Issues Continue as SecureClaw Open Source Tool Debuts

• OpenClaw is rarely out of the news, but not necessarily under that name. • This ‘autonomous personal assistant’ started life as Clawdbot, changed its name to Moltbot, and is now

Cybersecurity · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 223 words
Why open source is the cheat code for AI

Why open source is the cheat code for AI

• Why open source is the cheat code for AI The frontier of large-language models is shifting daily. • GPT‑5.1, Claude 4.4 and Gemini 3 Pro are now routinely outperforming what seem

What to expect for open source in 2026

What to expect for open source in 2026

• Share: Over the years (decades), open source has grown and changed along with software development, evolving as the open source community becomes more global. • But with any grow

Developer Ecosystem · February 18, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 223 words
An Open Source Client for World of Warcraft

An Open Source Client for World of Warcraft

• WhenWorld of Warcraftwas launched in 2004, it became somewhat of a juggernaut in the MMORPG space. • Millions of players continue to login every month. • [Kelsi Davis] is one suc

New Research Shows Open Source Is Accelerating India's AI Market Growth and Social Impact

New Research Shows Open Source Is Accelerating India's AI Market Growth and Social Impact

• Takeaways The report highlights that India’s AI market could grow nearly fivefold to $32 billion by 2031, driven by open source innovation, strong startup momentum, and global de

Big Tech · February 18, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 285 words

Off-the-shelf components enable deployment-ready quantum entanglement source

• Efficient generation and reliable distribution of quantum entangled states is crucial for emerging quantum applications, including quantum key distribution (QKDs). • However, con

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 148 words
ESP32-P4-PC Open Source Hardware Board - the most comprehensive and feature-rich ESP32-P4 board on the market

ESP32-P4-PC Open Source Hardware Board - the most comprehensive and feature-rich ESP32-P4 board on the market

• olimex all fun projects at Olimex Ltd Home About Tips ESP32-P4-PC Open Source Hardware Board - the most comprehensive and feature-rich ESP32-P4 board on the market 17Feb20264 Com

Open Hardware · February 17, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 402 words

[$] Open source security in spite of AI

• The curl project has found AI-powered tools to be a mixed bag when it comes to security reports. • At FOSDEM 2026 , curl creator and lead developer Daniel Stenberg used his keyno

Linux & Open Source · February 16, 2026 (updated February 20, 2026) · 1 min · 134 words

[$] Open source security in spite of AI

• The curl project has found AI-powered tools to be a mixed bag when it comes to security reports. • At FOSDEM 2026 , curl creator and lead developer Daniel Stenberg used his keyno

OS & Internals · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 307 words
The Open Source Community Continues to Criticize Prusa Research's OCL

The Open Source Community Continues to Criticize Prusa Research's OCL

• Some continue to criticize Prusa Research’s new Open Community License, but why? • The backstory: Last December, Prusa Research announced anew license for their products, specifi

cURL's Daniel Stenberg: AI slop is DDoSing open source

cURL's Daniel Stenberg: AI slop is DDoSing open source

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FCAS may survive, but next-gen fighter negotiations all but dead: Industry source

FCAS may survive, but next-gen fighter negotiations all but dead: Industry source

• MUNICH - Industrial codevelopment of the French-German-Spanish Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) is almost certainly headed for collapse, with negotiations between Airbus and Dassaul

Open Source's 'Eternal September', GitHub Keeps Maintainers Covered for All Seasons

• Open source is experiencing an ‘Eternal September’ due to a massive influx of contributions fueled by AI. • While this increases engagement, it overwhelms maintainers. • GitHub i

The reason AI agents shouldn't touch your source code - and what they should do instead

The reason AI agents shouldn't touch your source code - and what they should do instead

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Welcome to the Eternal September of open source. Here's what we plan to do for maintainers.

Welcome to the Eternal September of open source. Here's what we plan to do for maintainers.

• Open collaboration runs on trust. • For a long time, that trust was protected by a natural, if imperfect filter: friction. • If you were on Usenet in 1993, you’ll remember that e

Developer Ecosystem · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 183 words
Security Slam Returns for 2026 - Now Open to All Open Source Projects

Security Slam Returns for 2026 - Now Open to All Open Source Projects

• Posted on February 11, 2026by Eddie Knight, Sonatype TheCNCF Technical Advisory Group for Security & Complianceis excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Security Slam at KubeCon +

From Brussels to the World: Open Source as a Global Asset

From Brussels to the World: Open Source as a Global Asset

• From Brussels to the World: Open Source as a Global Asset Members Newsletter - February 2026 Dear OSI supporters, In late January, members of OSI staff and board members joined d

Linux & Open Source · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 294 words
Europe's Open Source Opportunity: our vision for the EU Open Digital Ecosystems strategy

Europe's Open Source Opportunity: our vision for the EU Open Digital Ecosystems strategy

• News Jordan Maris Europe’s Open Source Opportunity: our vision for the EU Open Digital Ecosystems strategy Last week, the OSI submitted its feedback to the Open Digital Ecosystem

Linux & Open Source · February 10, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 289 words
Seeed Studio's Open Source Robotic Arm Promises to Lower the Barrier to Embodied AI

Seeed Studio's Open Source Robotic Arm Promises to Lower the Barrier to Embodied AI

• Seeed Studio’s Open Source Robotic Arm Promises to Lower the Barrier to Embodied AI Robotic arms are everywhere in modern manufacturing. • From automotive assembly lines to elect

Linux & Open Source · February 9, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 190 words
How to make a local open source AI chatbot who has access to Fedora documentation

How to make a local open source AI chatbot who has access to Fedora documentation

• If you followed along with my blog, you’d have a chatbot running on your local Fedora machine. • (And if not, no worries as the scripts below implement this chatbot!) Our chatbot

Linux & Open Source · February 6, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 204 words
Open Source at the Heart of Europe's (and the World's) Digital Future

Open Source at the Heart of Europe's (and the World's) Digital Future

• Events OSI Policy Team Open Source at the Heart of Europe’s (and the World’s) Digital Future Every year, FOSDEM - the Free and Open Source Developers’ European Meeting - turns Br

Linux & Open Source · February 5, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 306 words
Open Policy Alliance Welcomes the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund as New Member

Open Policy Alliance Welcomes the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund as New Member

• News Katie Steen-James Open Policy Alliance Welcomes the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund as New Member The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is pleased to welcome theOpen Sour

Japan's Open Source Moment: Strong Business Value, Global Leadership-and a Clear Path Forward

Japan's Open Source Moment: Strong Business Value, Global Leadership-and a Clear Path Forward

• Home Blog Japan’s Open Source Moment: Strong Business Value, Global Leadership-and a Clear Path Forward Japan’s Open Source Moment: Strong Business Value, Global Leadership-and a

The State of Open Source Software in 2025

The State of Open Source Software in 2025

• The State of Open Source Software in 2025 Irving Wladawsky-Berger | 27 November 2025 This blog was first published on Nov 26, 2025 at https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/11/the-s

As Open Source AI Takes Off, Accountability and Governance Must Keep Pace

As Open Source AI Takes Off, Accountability and Governance Must Keep Pace

• AI & Machine Learning Commentary Insight and analysis on the information technology space from industry thought leaders. • As Open Source AI Takes Off, Accountability and Governa

AWS joins the DocumentDB project to build interoperable, open source document database technology

AWS joins the DocumentDB project to build interoperable, open source document database technology

• AWS Open Source Blog AWS joins the DocumentDB project to build interoperable, open source document database technology At AWS, we design cloud services that give customers the fr