Links 2020-06-13
On Open Source and AWS …
- research!rsc: Our Software Dependency Problem – Russ Cox
Software dependencies carry with them serious risks that are too often overlooked.
- What comes after “open source” – Steve Klabnik
Software licenses can only restrict what people can do when they distribute the source code, and that’s it. It cannot force someone to have a bug tracker, or a code of conduct, or accept your patch.
- The Cloud and Open Source Powder Keg – Stephen O’Grady, RedMonk
The Amazon and Elastic controversy is the product of a collision of models.
- The problem with Amazon and Open Source isn’t Amazon – VM (Vicky) Brasseur
These projects are not being relicensed to protect them from Amazon. Claiming that they are is at best naive and at worst wilfully lying.
- The Complicated Economy of Open Source Software – Daniel Oberhaus, VICE
A look at the complicated business of funding open source software development.
- AWS Ruins Own Attempt at Sabotage – Corey Quinn
AWS has now found themselves in the headlines again for an unforced error that makes anyone with other job options reconsider accepting an offer—or even interviewing at AWS at all.