Mike Dolan
@mdolan.bsky.social
Suffers from skiing addiction; SVP Legal & Strategic Programs at The Linux Foundation.
Also at @mdolan @Twitter and @fosstodon.org
Also at @mdolan @Twitter and @fosstodon.org
Meta is using Valve's SteamDeck scheduler on servers. Benefits of #opensource.
www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SC...
www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SC...
Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers - Phoronix
An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..
www.phoronix.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Meta is using Valve's SteamDeck scheduler on servers. Benefits of #opensource.
www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SC...
www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SC...
It's been a busy year in #opensource at The Linux Foundation and we just posted our Annual Report. Our communities keep growing and releasing new technologies - it's amazing to look back on the changes over the course of just a year.
www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/pu...
www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/pu...
Linux Foundation Annual Report 2025
Tap into the latest open source publications. Discover insights from our projects and open technology thought leaders.
www.linuxfoundation.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's been a busy year in #opensource at The Linux Foundation and we just posted our Annual Report. Our communities keep growing and releasing new technologies - it's amazing to look back on the changes over the course of just a year.
www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/pu...
www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/pu...
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) mentorship data shows that investing in mentorship programs does grow the contributor base and results in net new maintainers for projects. #opensource
www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12...
www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12...
The mentorship flywheel: How CNCF is growing the next generation of cloud native leaders
A record year for mentorship, 187 graduates contributing to the ecosystem, and one engineer’s journey from “I didn’t know about Docker” to Kyverno maintainer. In 2025, the CNCF mentorship programs hit...
www.cncf.io
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) mentorship data shows that investing in mentorship programs does grow the contributor base and results in net new maintainers for projects. #opensource
www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12...
www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12...
One key takeaway: #opensource #AI models are rapidly closing the performance gap while costing far less to run. As inference costs drop, openness becomes a real economic advantage - not just a philosophy.
blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/12/the-economics-of-open-source-in-the-ai-era.html
blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/12/the-economics-of-open-source-in-the-ai-era.html
The Economics of Open Source in the AI Era
“Artificial intelligence is reshaping economic systems at a pace we have rarely seen in modern technological history,” wrote Frank Nagle in “Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI …
blog.irvingwb.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
One key takeaway: #opensource #AI models are rapidly closing the performance gap while costing far less to run. As inference costs drop, openness becomes a real economic advantage - not just a philosophy.
blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/12/the-economics-of-open-source-in-the-ai-era.html
blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/12/the-economics-of-open-source-in-the-ai-era.html
Excited to finally see the collaboration on #opensource Agentic AI Foundation is public. One of the most exciting project as I look at the potential of Agentic systems. #agenticai
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), Anchored by New Project Contributions Including Model Context Protocol (MCP), goose and AGENTS.md
Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation
www.linuxfoundation.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Excited to finally see the collaboration on #opensource Agentic AI Foundation is public. One of the most exciting project as I look at the potential of Agentic systems. #agenticai
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
Dan Cauchy announcing #opensource AGL SoDeV for the future of software defined vehicles that changed the game and enabled compliance with the EU CRA requirements for software updates.
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dan Cauchy announcing #opensource AGL SoDeV for the future of software defined vehicles that changed the game and enabled compliance with the EU CRA requirements for software updates.
All of this. Confirms every rage about IoT crap I've had. And RATGDO is also #opensource and on GitHub.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
All of this. Confirms every rage about IoT crap I've had. And RATGDO is also #opensource and on GitHub.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
Linus Torvalds was on Linus Tech Tips - a fun video to watch as they build a new system for compiling #opensource #linux. @linusmediagroup.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...
Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds
YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Linus Torvalds was on Linus Tech Tips - a fun video to watch as they build a new system for compiling #opensource #linux. @linusmediagroup.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...
ORCA introduces a forward-looking #cybersecurity model – one that breaks software into isolated, resilient parts designed to contain threats before they spread. This community represents an important step toward the next generation of secure software.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Linux Foundation Launches the Open Robust Compartmentalization Alliance (ORCA) to Advance Software Security
/PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the formation of the Open Robust...
www.prnewswire.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ORCA introduces a forward-looking #cybersecurity model – one that breaks software into isolated, resilient parts designed to contain threats before they spread. This community represents an important step toward the next generation of secure software.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
"Just like they did two years ago, the UPTO has once again proposed new rules that would make it much harder to challenge bad patents through inter partes review (IPR). But this time the rule is much worse for developers and startups. And that’s a serious..."
github.blog/news-insight... #opensource
github.blog/news-insight... #opensource
Developers still need the right to challenge junk patents
Calling on developers and organizations to advocate against patent rules that would make it harder to challenge bad patents by the December 2 deadline.
github.blog
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Just like they did two years ago, the UPTO has once again proposed new rules that would make it much harder to challenge bad patents through inter partes review (IPR). But this time the rule is much worse for developers and startups. And that’s a serious..."
github.blog/news-insight... #opensource
github.blog/news-insight... #opensource
This is an excellent explanation by Nico Rikken from Alliander about why traditional standards are failing in the #opensource world. IEC is just one example as Nico points out. The issues are avoidable, and fixable, but require attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0...
Challenges in Using IEC Standards in Open Source - Nico Rikken, Alliander
YouTube video by LF Energy
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is an excellent explanation by Nico Rikken from Alliander about why traditional standards are failing in the #opensource world. IEC is just one example as Nico points out. The issues are avoidable, and fixable, but require attention.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0...
Reposted by Mike Dolan
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11. www.networkworld.com/article/4090... @networkworld.bsky.social
StarlingX 11.0 addresses edge security, IPv4 exhaustion for massive deployments
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11.
www.networkworld.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11. www.networkworld.com/article/4090... @networkworld.bsky.social
Reposted by Mike Dolan
With npm supply chain attacks on the rise, secure publishing practices are becoming a pressing concern for anyone maintaining npm packages. ⚠️
We've released updated guidance to help maintainers reduce exposure, strengthen release processes, and protect the ecosystem: openjsf.org/blog/publish...
We've released updated guidance to help maintainers reduce exposure, strengthen release processes, and protect the ecosystem: openjsf.org/blog/publish...
Publishing More Securely on npm: Guidance from the OpenJS Security Collaboration Space | OpenJS Foundation
The OpenJS Security Collaboration Space has been working closely with GitHub’s npm team to understand how new security features affect projects and maintainers, especially as threats and tools keep ev...
openjsf.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
With npm supply chain attacks on the rise, secure publishing practices are becoming a pressing concern for anyone maintaining npm packages. ⚠️
We've released updated guidance to help maintainers reduce exposure, strengthen release processes, and protect the ecosystem: openjsf.org/blog/publish...
We've released updated guidance to help maintainers reduce exposure, strengthen release processes, and protect the ecosystem: openjsf.org/blog/publish...
Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the EU CRA to many thousands of #opensource developers at #KubeCon NA. Get involved in the #CRA standards work and comments with the OpenSSF CRA SIG here: lists.openssf.org/g/openssf-si...
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the EU CRA to many thousands of #opensource developers at #KubeCon NA. Get involved in the #CRA standards work and comments with the OpenSSF CRA SIG here: lists.openssf.org/g/openssf-si...
Congrats to our friends at Anyscale and Microsoft on a great #opensource Ray partnership announced today!
siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/a...
siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/a...
Anyscale and Microsoft team up to launch AI-native compute service on Azure - SiliconANGLE
Anyscale and Microsoft team up to launch AI-native compute service on Azure - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Congrats to our friends at Anyscale and Microsoft on a great #opensource Ray partnership announced today!
siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/a...
siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/a...
Welcome to our new project Fluxnova, a collaboration started in the financial services industry but relevant for anyone looking for an #opensource business process management (BPM) platform.
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sdtimes.com/softwaredev/...
FINOS launches open source project Fluxnova to help with process automation
The project, Fluxnova, provides audit-ready workflows so that companies can visualize and automate their processes.
sdtimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Welcome to our new project Fluxnova, a collaboration started in the financial services industry but relevant for anyone looking for an #opensource business process management (BPM) platform.
sdtimes.com/softwaredev/...
sdtimes.com/softwaredev/...
"Open source and AI-assisted development: navigating the legal issues" by Chris Wright and Richard Fontana. They discuss the #opensource DCO questions people have been raising as well.
www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-a...
www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-a...
AI-assisted development and open source: legal and cultural issues
Explore the legal and cultural issues surrounding AI-assisted development in open source communities. Learn about attribution, copyright, licensing, and the DCO in this comprehensive guide.
www.redhat.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"Open source and AI-assisted development: navigating the legal issues" by Chris Wright and Richard Fontana. They discuss the #opensource DCO questions people have been raising as well.
www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-a...
www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-a...
"Valkey 9.0 features scalability improvements that can help achieve up to 40% more throughput...also features atomic slot migrations, hash field expiration, numbered databases in cluster mode, and a variety of other performance optimizations."
www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-... #opensource
www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-... #opensource
Valkey 9.0 Released With Ability To Achieve One Billion Requests / Second - Phoronix
Valkey as the popular, Linux Foundation backed fork of the Redis key-value database is out today with its big v9.0 release.
www.phoronix.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"Valkey 9.0 features scalability improvements that can help achieve up to 40% more throughput...also features atomic slot migrations, hash field expiration, numbered databases in cluster mode, and a variety of other performance optimizations."
www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-... #opensource
www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-... #opensource
#Lodash is evolving — shifting from BDFL to shared stewardship. The focus now is maintenance: stability, security & sustainability over new features. A great reminder that mature open source projects thrive when we share responsibility. #OpenSource
blog.ulisesgascon.com/the-future-o...
blog.ulisesgascon.com/the-future-o...
The Future of Lodash
Lodash begins a new stage with a more collaborative and sustainable model. This post outlines the plan to simplify its maintenance, strengthen security, and ensure its key role in the JavaScript ecosy...
blog.ulisesgascon.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
#Lodash is evolving — shifting from BDFL to shared stewardship. The focus now is maintenance: stability, security & sustainability over new features. A great reminder that mature open source projects thrive when we share responsibility. #OpenSource
blog.ulisesgascon.com/the-future-o...
blog.ulisesgascon.com/the-future-o...
Look at this - #opensource Python.org now publishes new releases with sigstore and SPDX SBOM files! Check it out:
www.python.org/downloads/re...
#cybersecurity
www.python.org/downloads/re...
#cybersecurity
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Look at this - #opensource Python.org now publishes new releases with sigstore and SPDX SBOM files! Check it out:
www.python.org/downloads/re...
#cybersecurity
www.python.org/downloads/re...
#cybersecurity
What is the return on investment (ROI) for your organization's financial, code, and community contributions to open source? Please take 10 minutes to share your insights in our latest survey: lnkd.in/gJ4c-tjZ
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What is the return on investment (ROI) for your organization's financial, code, and community contributions to open source? Please take 10 minutes to share your insights in our latest survey: lnkd.in/gJ4c-tjZ
Bianca Lewis, Exec Dir of the #OpenSearch Foundation, landed a highlight in Forbes. RAG is reshaping AI systems that retrieve, contextualize, and tailor outputs. OpenSearch provides the #opensource, vendor-neutral engine for search, analytics, and vector-powered AI.
www.forbes.com/sites/adrian...
www.forbes.com/sites/adrian...
How RAG Continues To ‘Tailor’ Well-Suited AI
As AI evolves from general-purpose tools to specialized copilots and assistants, the combination of RAG and vector search has, for many, seen it become foundational.
www.forbes.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bianca Lewis, Exec Dir of the #OpenSearch Foundation, landed a highlight in Forbes. RAG is reshaping AI systems that retrieve, contextualize, and tailor outputs. OpenSearch provides the #opensource, vendor-neutral engine for search, analytics, and vector-powered AI.
www.forbes.com/sites/adrian...
www.forbes.com/sites/adrian...
Great talk by Jonathan Corbet from OSS EU - Three Decades in Kernelland - a great history showing the mistakes and threats to #Linux and #opensource - and the learnings and resiliency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2L...
Three Decades in Kernelland - Jonathan Corbet, LWN.net
YouTube video by The Linux Foundation
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Great talk by Jonathan Corbet from OSS EU - Three Decades in Kernelland - a great history showing the mistakes and threats to #Linux and #opensource - and the learnings and resiliency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2L...
What's new in #Valkey 9? Ridiculously fast innovation from the #opensource community incl Multiple DBs in clusters, atomic slot migration, and expiration on hash field items.
August 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
What's new in #Valkey 9? Ridiculously fast innovation from the #opensource community incl Multiple DBs in clusters, atomic slot migration, and expiration on hash field items.
Keyspace, the #valkey #opensource event
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Keyspace, the #valkey #opensource event