Microsoft Front Groups and Proponents of Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)
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How OSI got to Mastodon [Ed: When Microsoft front group OSI (and Microsoft shill Stefano Maffull) does not promote proprietary GitHub and GPL violations it is posing as "open"; it also deplatforms critics in Twitter. OSI speaks for Open Source like Microsoft speaks for Open Source. OSI speaks for Microsoft.]
We have a new official social media channel for the Open Source Initiative: OSI is on Mastodon.
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Outreachy employee Omotola wins award
We could not be more proud of Omotola Omotayo, Outreachy's Community Manager, for winning the She Code Africa Amazon 2022 award at the She Code Africa Summit in Nigeria this past weekend! The award was given to her for her excellent work in "growth, leadership and contribution within the African Tech ecosystem." During the presentation of the award, Omotola's critical role in growing the SCA community was acknowledged and applauded.
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The State of Open Source Is Strong, Says GitHub Report [Ed: FOSSlife Team helps promote the lie that Microsoft is the king and spokesperson of what it is attacking. GitHub is proprietary software, it's an affornt to Open Source, it doesn't speak for it. FOSSlife Team basically celebrates Microsoft market share and proprietary market capture, i.e. the very opposite of FOSS. The numbers from Microsoft are highly misleading; for example, people who quit or deleted their GitHub accounts are still being counted. Mixed messaging from the "open source" crowd: we like open, so we celebrate Microsoft, proprietary software, ICE, and GPL violations.]