Free Rider

Trust Issues

Dan Knauss

October 7, 2022

Cory Miller asks, "What can we do to better support our plugin developers and product owners?" Katie Keith offers some clues with the story of her WordPress/WooCommerce agency and product shop, Barn2 Plugins. Dan Knauss and Nyasha Green talk about microaggressions, the Active Install Growth Data story, and US federal legislation aimed at Open Source Security. In an increasingly "demon-haunted world," how can we know who is doing what with the hardware and software tools we use? Ben Gabler, CEO and Founder of Rocket.net, is in our Member Spotlight.

Open Source Communities: You May Not Be Interested in CISA, But CISA is Very Interested in You

Dan Knauss

October 3, 2022

FeaturesPlanet

United States national security interests are poised to become more invested in and engaged with open source projects classified as public infrastructure. From Log4j to the Securing Open Source Software Act, how did it all come together in 2022, and what may lie ahead?

When the Free Rider is Government

Dan Knauss

August 24, 2022

NotesPlanet

Chinmayi Sharma argues our digital infrastructure is built on open source, and it cannot provide adequate security so governments should help out.

The true intention and spirit of 5ftF

Dan Knauss

August 19, 2022

Notes

When someone says here's what I really mean, what I'm aiming at — it must be difficult to see only reactions that pick up on some detail and blow it up into a contradiction of what you've said was the…