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IBM/Red Hat: Celebrating GPL, the SCO Battle, and More Fluff

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 30th of August 2021 03:33:36 PM Filed under
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  • Celebrating 30 years of the Linux kernel and the GPLv2

    Thirty years ago you might catch the video for R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" on MTV, decide you want to buy a copy and pick up your house phone to call a friend to take you to the nearest record store and hope they had it in stock. Today you can just dial up the video on your phone and text your friend about it. That's in large part because of two other things that happened in 1991: The release of the Linux kernel and the second version of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2).

    It's, perhaps, a little more complicated than that, but the fact is that a huge swath of technologies we depend on are directly tied to those events. Let's take a step back and talk about those events and what they've enabled.

    [...]

    Free software conveys four "freedoms" to users: The freedom to run, copy, study/improve and distribute a work.

    In short, this means that if you are given a GPL'ed program you can run it without restriction. You can copy it for a friend, you can tinker with it and improve it, and you can distribute those changes.

    You get a copy of Fedora Workstation and you want to run it? Go for it. It's explicitly allowed by the GPL (and other free and open source licenses included with a copy of Fedora).

    Want to make a copy for a friend? Go for it. Want to dig in and see how it works? That's also allowed.

    Fix a bug in a program and want to share that fix? You can do that, too. However, there's a slight catch in that distributing GPL'ed software comes with some added responsibilities.

  • That Linux lawsuit: 20 years later, SCO vs IBM may finally be ending

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  • 5 DevSecOps open source projects to know

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    Here, we explore five open source tools that aim to help teams working with the DevSecOps approach, wherein IT organizations treat security security as a shared responsibility, integrated from end-to-end, rather than a responsibility that gets done late in the development process. Tools such as these often get fully integrated into commercial Kubernetes platforms such as Red Hat’s OpenShift as they mature. However, for now, these projects offer a nice window into innovation happening in the security space and the opportunity to give them a try as a complement to OpenShift.

  • Digital transformation metrics: 5 questions to ask

    Just about every company understands the importance of digital transformation in 2021. From surging online consumer activity to the digital tools that can drastically improve communication, collaboration, and productivity, it’s clear that the companies that fail to digitize their operations and services will be at a severe competitive disadvantage.

    But for a company’s digital transformation work to be deemed successful, you will need to assess several key performance indicators. An effective digital transformation isn’t a box companies can check: It’s an ongoing process that requires constant evaluation and adjustment.

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