Open Source

In a recent interview, Michele Butcher-Jones…

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Dan Knauss

In a recent interview, Michele Butcher-Jones talked with Katie Richards, a Community Coordinator at Pantheon, about how she got involved with WordPress and what open source means to her.

Drupal’s founder and project lead, Dries…

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Drupal's founder and project lead, Dries Buytaert, asks, "Is  open source is recession-proof?" Looking back over the past, Dries think open source "will continue to grow and win." He is "optimistic" it "will continue to grow and expand, and that…

Jeff Matson examines the benefits and…

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Jeff Matson examines the benefits and drawbacks of WordPress' open source ecosystem, including the dangers of a "nulled" copy of a theme or plugin whose licensing has been stripped. ⚖️

“Writing open source software and staying…

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"Writing open source software and staying sane while at it" is sage advice from Sebastian De Deyne. 🤪 Some highlights: Write your library's docs as soon as possible, spy on others in the same ecosystem, and tag stable versions early.…

Faces of Open Source is a…

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Faces of Open Source is a site that aims to photographically document the people "behind the development and advancement of the open-source revolution." It highlights foundational figures and influencers from Unix, WWW, BSD, and other significant projects. 📸

This week is “Digital Citizenship Week,”…

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This week is "Digital Citizenship Week," and Yvette Sonneveld has written a quality post on the role of open source in "good citizenship." 🏛️ As bloggers, we should consider what it means to write responsibly. As designers and developers, we…

Chris Aniszczyk talks about open source…

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Chris Aniszczyk talks about open source gerrymandering by looking at a variety of different open-source and similar platforms to see how they are governed. 🎩 It’s really important to note that there is a difference between open source and open…

Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr…

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Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr last week, so both communities should start looking for some changes soon. 👀 Two other investments and acquisitions in the open-source space might have caught your eye: Gatsby has raised a $15M Series A…

Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for…

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Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for the Automattic Design blog about some of the challenges and benefits that come from working with WordPress. On the upside, Kjell reflects, "Designing in open source has been a refreshing return to that collaborative…

Joe Watkins cuts right to the…

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Business
Joe Watkins cuts right to the point about the importance of funding open source projects your company relies on: Making monetary contributions or approaching your employer with a request to make monetary contributions to projects that your income or business…

Zach Leatherman offers some insight into…

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Zach Leatherman offers some insight into font loading strategies as he explains how CSS-Tricks (poweredby WordPress) optimizines the open license fonts they use. If you've struggled with page loading times due to custom fonts, this is a must-read. ⏳ If…

Preserving the Wilderness

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BusinessPlanet
The web is a sacred wilderness, and it deserves preservation. What role can open source communities play? And how does it contrast with the monopolistic tendencies of the "tech giants?"
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