"I would recommend — with no expectation that this will ever happen — a revolt by OSI’s dues-paying members and suggest that they hold back on paying those dues while making demands on the current leadership to do away with the Trumpian loyalty agreement that forces opposition board members to publicly show support to policies they privately abhor."

#ChristineHall, 2025

https://fossforce.com/2025/03/osis-questionable-election-returns-questionable-results/

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#OpenSource #OSI

OSI's Questionable Election Returns Questionable Results - FOSS Force

Garbage in, garbage out. Open Source Initiative is starting to look like an organization that's turning its back on its founding principles.

FOSS Force

But at least @drewdevault didn't do this;

"Linux Foundation has announced its intent to form Valkey as its own Redis alternative. This project was quickly put together by Redis contributors, who gathered maintainer, community, and corporate support to reboot-as-open, in response to Redis’s recent announcement to move the software from open-source to proprietary “source-available” licensing. Valkey will continue to use the BSD 3-clause license..."

#ChristineHall, 2024

https://fossforce.com/2024/03/revolt-of-the-redis-maintainers-new-redis-clone-valkey-has-linux-foundation-support/

"Last Thursday... Redis announced that it had changed the license covering its software from the open-source 3-Clause BSD License to the Redis Source Available License and the Server Side Public License, both source-available proprietary licenses..."

#ChristineHall, 2024

https://fossforce.com/2024/03/redis-goes-from-open-source-to-fauxpen-and-the-forks-have-already-started/

#Redis #Redict #SourceAvailable #SSPL #Redis

The Newchip Startup Accelerator Is Burning To Death

I've been at Push ROI for over eight years, but every few years I kick a few tires in consideration of a career change. Last year I applied for a job at Newchip, an Austin, TX-based startup accelerator. The application process led me to believe I'd end up writing about a scam.

I wasn't a scam

https://www.masonpelt.com/the-newchip-startup-accelerator-is-burning-to-death/

#ChristineHall #MaryAnnAzevedo #Newchip #TechCrunch #Texas

The Newchip Startup Accelerator Is Burning To Death - Mason Pelt

I’ve been at Push ROI for over eight years, but every few years I kick a few tires in consideration of a career change. Last year I applied for a job at Newchip, an Austin, TX-based startup accelerator. The application process led me to believe I’d end up writing about a scam. I wasn’t a […]

Mason Pelt