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Major Open Source Project Tried to Pay a Developer and Now it Has No Money
The original creator is alleging Babel misused funds and paid a developer that "didn't actually work on the project."
Supreme Court Rules Reimplementing an API Is Not a Crime
Google's decade-long legal battle with Oracle over Android code is over. It's a win for programmers everywhere.
Open-Source App Lets Anyone Create a Virtual Army of Hackintoshes
A pseudonymous developer created a serial code generator for their MacOS virtualization project, which can mimic real Macs by the thousands.
Scientists Just Released a DIY Coronavirus Vaccine Under a Creative Commons License
The citizen scientists, associated with Harvard University, have been testing the vaccine on themselves.
The Open Source Community Is Calling on Github to ‘Drop ICE'
And it's using Github's own cat mascot to do it.
Red Hat Audit to ‘Eradicate’ Problematic Language in Its Code
The announcement comes as many in the open source community are calling for the removal of racist language like 'master' and 'slave.'
The PinePhone Is an Open-Source, Community Developed iOS and Android Competitor
The device runs on a version of Linux modified by a community of developers and is designed to last 10 years.
Scientists Created Open Source Tools to See in Animal Vision
The software turns photos taken with anything from a smartphone to high-end equipment into how a bee, fish, or mammal sees the world.
'Collapse OS' Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse
The operating system is designed to work with ubiquitous, easy-to-scavenge components in a future where consumer electronics are a thing of the past.
Anyone Can Build This Open Source, DRM-Free Kindle Alternative
The Open Book Project is in the process of designing an open source device that will let you read ebooks without being locked-in with a corporation.
Facebook’s Open Source Community Is Reckoning With Toxicity and Harassment
Developers of Facebook's ReactJS framework, which powers much of the web, have a bro culture that isn't welcoming to traditionally underrepresented groups.
The Open Source Project That Keeps Google's Hands Off Your Android Data
MicroG gives users control over what data is used, where, when, and how.