For years, a foundation has been trying to enforce two open-source licenses against a Walmart subsidiary. There have been successes and a peculiarity.

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I've been working with and writing about open-source software since 1999 and it has been a journey. From the early days of feeling like one of a small crowd to knowing I was part of a massive movement ...

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A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to use Google's Jules AI Agent to scan through the entire code repository of one of my projects and add a new feature. The AI took about 10 minutes. All ...

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Free software replaced my paid tools—and I barely miss the subscriptions.