Open Source
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Globe Collaborates with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs to Modernize IT Infrastructure for Greater Agility and Scalability
Red Hat OpenShift facilitates the development and deployment of cloud-native applications, enabling an improved customer experience and more MANILA, PHILIPPINES AND RALEIGH, N.C. – August 19, 2024 — Globe and Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a collaboration to modernize Globe’s IT infrastructure with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs for greater…
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The Hidden Economy Of Open Source Software
The recent discovery of a backdoor in XZ Utils (CVE-2024-3094), a data compression utility used by a wide array of various open-source, Linux-based computer applications, underscores the importance of open-source software security. While it is often not consumer-facing, open-source software is a critical component of computing and internet functions, such as secure communications between machines. Open source…
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Redis Moves To Source-Available Licenses
Cloud service providers hosting Redis offerings will no longer be permitted to use Redis source code free of charge, the company said. Starting with Redis 7.4, all future versions of Redis software will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSAL 2) and the Server Side Public License (SSLPv1), Redis announced. The popular NoSQL database will no longer be…
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Why Open-Source Is Crucial For Responsible AI Development
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most powerful technological force shaping our world today. It has enormous potential to improve lives, from optimizing global supply chains to speeding up the drug discovery process. When not deployed thoughtfully, however, AI has the potential to perpetuate bias, upend industry and even diminish human creativity and connection, causing real…
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Open Source Needs To Catch Up In 2024
Cloud and AI are the most important technologies today, and both have outstripped open source licenses. It’s time for a new open source definition. Open source pioneer Bruce Perens gets one thing right and most things wrong in a recent interview on the future of open source. He’s absolutely correct that “our [open source] licenses aren’t working anymore,”…