Today: A deep dive into a dispute between the backers of NATS and the CNCF, which is just the latest example of changing norms in open-source software, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
When the CNCF accepts open-source projects, it requires that any trademarks related to the project be handed over. Synadia never did that, and is now backing down from an attempt to use its ownership of the trademark as leverage to regain control of NATS.
Today on Product Saturday: Snyk introduces an API security tool, Relyance follows your data on its journey, and the quote of the week.
Today: why evaluating software developers like salespeople is misguided, IBM promises legal protection for generative AI customers, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
If we assume that every company has become a software company, that means software developers have become some of the most valuable (and expensive) employees on the payroll. How do companies know they're getting the most out of their investment in those employees?
Today: the debate over compensating open-source maintainers takes on a new challenge thanks to supply chain security regulations, Microsoft promises customers its AI products will be totes legal, and this week in enterprise moves.
The open-source software movement unleashed a torrent of innovation and economic activity by creating free, reusable building blocks for the internet infrastructure that runs the world's economy. More than two decades later, the maintenance bill for those projects is coming due.
