Openwashing and FUD
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AMD Rethinks Decision And Will Open-Source Most Of Radeon Rays 4.0
Two days ago as part of the GPUOpen relaunch AMD released Radeon Rays 4.0 as their ray intersection library. Unlike the previous Radeon Rays release, however, this new Vulkan-enabled version was not open-source. But now AMD has decided that at least in large part it will be going back to open-source.
Radeon Rays 4.0 was clearly advertised as not being open-source despite the fact of being part of GPUOpen (alas there are also other closed-source projects part of GPUOpen) but sad considering previously it was open-source.
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Microsoft open-sources coronavirus threat data to support security teams [Ed: Pure openwash]
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Microsoft's Brad Smith says company was “on the wrong side of history” regarding Linux [Ed: Revisionism for E.E.E. tactics]
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How to Avoid Open Source Traps [Ed: They tell us "Open Source" is "trap"... They tell us "Open Source" is "Security" risk... They tell us "Open Source" is "Licensing" nightmare.... Who's "they"? Very often Microsoft and its proxies. Projection tactics.]
How restrictive is this open source license? Are binaries are available without a subscription requirement? What plug-ins are available? Does the small print hide a trap?
These days it is clear that open source software is the default choice for development and infrastructure. Whenever you look at programming languages, operating systems, modern database technologies or the whole cloud native space, open source solutions are among the leading choices, writes Peter Zaitsev, CEO and co-founder of database specialist, Percona.
As there is such a dominant open source position we often see companies marketing their software as “Open Source” even though it does not provide all (or any) of the benefits offered by truly open source software.
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January 2020 License-Review Summary
License-Review mailing list topics for January 2020:
Continued discussion on the Mulan PSL V2
Continued discussion on the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4)
Resolution of the Vaccine License – Not Approved
Continued discussion on the BSD-1-Clause [Legacy]
Resolution of the CasperLabs Open Source License (COSL) – Considered Withdrawn[...]
Continued discussion on the BSD-1-Clause [Legacy]
Argument that all that use the license should just be relicensed under the BSD License since multiple identical licenses hinders freedom due to their costs
https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/004637.htmlClarification that as a legacy submission, the submitter has no power over the license and that there are significant logistical issues with regards to push a change
https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2020-January/004638.html
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