I wrote and shared a super simple deck to help #opensource project's and communities frame their challenges (and approaches to how AI turns /is allowed to turn up). AI slop prs, for example, are a symptom of misalignment with maintainers, but may be rewarding contributors based on legacy motivation programs. https://sunnydeveloper.com/ai-alignment-in-op-discussion-framework/

I wrote and shared a super simple deck to help #opensource project's and communities frame their challenges (and approaches to how AI turns /is allowed to turn up). AI slop prs, for example, are a symptom of misalignment with maintainers, but may be rewarding contributors based on legacy motivation programs. https://sunnydeveloper.com/ai-alignment-in-op-discussion-framework/

Bravo to the Spanish Supreme Court for its Sept 2025 decision establishing four important principles: "[1] Access to source code can be needed to verify automated government decisions;
[2] “Intellectual property rights” do not automatically block transparency; [3] Security concerns must be balanced against democratic accountability; and [4] Transparency is especially critical for systems affecting social rights."
https://civio.app.box.com/s/2gcrxy4mkpzg49yqkmuaj9z7c44jl7ta

h/t #FSFE (@fsfe) for this article about it.
https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260205-01.html

#Code #Copyright #IP #Law #OpenSource #Spain

Well, as there are many people actually involved in creating and updating and maintaining open source projects on the #fediverse, what do y'all think about this?

https://www.404media.co/vibe-coding-is-killing-open-source-software-researchers-argue/

#OpenSource #FOSS

🪙 The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Scala

｢ The Sovereign Tech Fund identifies and invests in open source software components that enable the creation of software, and supports key technologies with broad societal importance. Since October 2022, the Sovereign Tech Fund has invested a total of around €34 million in 95 critical technology projects ｣

https://www.scala-lang.org/blog/2026/01/27/sta-invests-in-scala.html

#scala #opensource

🪙 The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Scala

｢ The Sovereign Tech Fund identifies and invests in open source software components that enable the creation of software, and supports key technologies with broad societal importance. Since October 2022, the Sovereign Tech Fund has invested a total of around €34 million in 95 critical technology projects ｣

https://www.scala-lang.org/blog/2026/01/27/sta-invests-in-scala.html

#scala #opensource

A nice run-down of open-source tools for designers, via @piccalilli.

"[...] the first few months of planning the course revolved around breaking out of the Figma ecosystem and putting as many free and open source tools to the test as we could. Now, the fact this article exists shows that we succeeded on that front, but what I honestly didn’t expect was that the experience would be so good (and honestly quite liberating) that I’d actually be switching my whole design setup to free and open source tools."

https://piccalil.li/blog/the-open-source-design-stack/

#OpenSource #design #WebDesign

❄️ Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User // https://nemin.hu

https://nemin.hu/guix.html

#guix #nix #opensource

@pallenberg
Ich bin auf #Messenger gespannt und was der Community empfohlen wird, wohin sie von Discord wegwechseln sollte.

#UnPlugTrump #OpenSource #SecureMessaging

📢 XOrg Developers Conference 2026 Being Hosted By Arm In Toronto - Phoronix

｢ The XDC conference remains dedicated not only to the XOrg Server but more so in recent years around Mesa graphics drivers, Wayland, libinput, the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel drivers, and related Linux desktop infrastructure ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDC2026-Toronto

#xorg #opensource #confs

🆕 blog! “Book Review: Diversifying Open Source - An Open Standards Playbook for Inclusive and Equitable Tech Projects by Paloma Oliveira”
★★★★☆

It is refreshing to read a political polemic which contains useful actions the reader can take. Too many books…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/book-review-diversifying-open-source-an-open-standards-playbook-for-inclusive-and-equitable-tech-projects-by-paloma-oliveira/
⸻
#BookReview #equality #justice #OpenSource #technology

Avec #Yunohost, il est très facile d'avoir sa propre instance #Peertube. Alors qu'attendez vous ? Un des nombreux plaisirs de travailler dans une entreprise qui a pour ADN l' #opensource, c'est de pouvoir mettre en place ce type d'initiative !

https://mastodon.social/@opensource_experts/116023460369227551

🐧 Arch Linux February ISO Is Out With Kernel, Desktop, and Security Updates

https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-february-iso-is-out-with-kernel-desktop-and-security-updates/

#arch #linux #opensource

🚩 NetBSD's Kernel Supports Lua Scripting But Don't Look For Rust In There Anytime Soon - Phoronix

｢ Diminishing the prospects of Rust code within the NetBSD kernel is that there are many CPU architectures supported where Rust isn't even available. That would be the lead and immediate blocker to Rust programming language use by NetBSD that supports a diverse array of architectures in a meaningful manner ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Rust-In-NetBSD-Kernel

#netbsd #lualang #opensource

Avec #Yunohost, il est très facile d'avoir sa propre instance #Peertube. Alors qu'attendez vous ? Un des nombreux plaisirs de travailler dans une entreprise qui a pour ADN l' #opensource, c'est de pouvoir mettre en place ce type d'initiative !

https://mastodon.social/@opensource_experts/116023460369227551

If you take just one thing away from #FOSDEM this is it.

“If we lose our democracies, Open Source is irrelevant and goes away”

or putting it another way:

If we don’t apply, enforce, adopt and embrace Open Source in our public and government institutions we risk to lose our democracies.
#OpenSource #SaveDemocracy
Boost if you agree!
👇🏽

Big new update to #LibreOffice, the free and private office suite. Version 26.2 is here, with:

📝 Markdown support
📊 Connectors in Calc
🚀 Spreadsheet speedups

...plus many other new features, improvements and fixes. Learn more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

OpenUK shares its submission to the European Commission's Call for Evidence 2026
“Towards European Open Digital Ecosystems”. Read our submission, find the full document on our website https://openuk.uk/towardseuopendigitalecosystems/. We hope to see greater collaboration in open source between the UK and the EU.
#openuk #opensource #opensourcesoftware #digital

Wishing everyone a great time at CERN PGDay by CERN, Swiss PostgreSQL Users Group, a #hybrid event starting today in CERN, Council Chamber in #Meyrin, #Switzerland and #online on the Internet

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/02-06-cern-pgday.html

Follow the official account: @swisspug

Connect via official hashtag(s): #CERNPGDay

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Call for testing for a script that installs #KDE #PLASMA on a #FreeBSD desktop or laptop. Testing is aimed at users who already know FreeBSD, for example who can configure /etc/rc.conf and /boot/loader.conf.
I’m especially interested in feedback from people with NVIDIA GPUs, since I don’t have this hardware myself.

CFT GitHub: https://github.com/alfonsosiciliano/kde-installer-dialogs/blob/main/cft.md
CFT GitLab: https://gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs/-/blob/main/cft.md
Discussion to figure out which packages to install and which configurations to use for #NVIDIA GPUs (for example x11/nvidia-xconfig, linux_enable="YES", and so on): https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2026-January/007438.html

@FreeBSDFoundation #CFT #UNIX #OpenSource #FreeBSDDesktop #FreeBSDLaptop #gpu #GUI