Favorite ClearlyDefined is an Open Source project that helps organizations with supply chain compliance. Until recently, ClearlyDefined’s tooling only supported licenses that were part of the standardized SPDX license list. Any component identified by a license that was not part of this list resulted in NOASSERTION, which introduced uncertainty about
Favorite The definition of “open source” in the most recent version (article 2(48)) of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) goes beyond the Open Source Definition (OSD) managed by OSI. It says: “Free and open-source software is understood as software the source code of which is openly shared and the license
Favorite The Open Source Initiative published today a new report that looks at the history of the business practice to delay releasing their code under freedom-respecting licenses. Since the early days of the Open Source movement, companies have experimented with finding a balance between granting their users the basic freedoms
Favorite At the beginning of 2023, I started as a community manager for ClearlyDefined, with the goals of creating an open governance model for the project and helping the OSI to establish a neutral infrastructure to foster collaboration among multiple stakeholders. Thanks to the amazing work from our community members,
Favorite This month there were two “Director of KM” jobs advertised on linked-in. Let’s see what this job entails. Word cloud from the responsibilities list “Knowledge Management” is a poorly defined term, and Knowledge Management jobs can range from low level data-entry clerks to high level strategic posts, and anything