Openwashing and LF ('Kind' and 'Gentle' Monopolisation)

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Sigstore aims to close the trust gap in open-source software [Ed: Monopolisation and centralisation ploy in 'security' clothing?]
One of the great virtues of open-source software – which is that anyone can contribute – is also one of its greatest weaknesses.
The issue is that supply-chainlike process by which projects involving multiple contributors come together is based to a large degree on faith that no one will introduce malicious code or backdoors that sabotage a project.
As open source has increasingly worked its way into commercial and enterprise applications, however, some people see the reliance on trust as a vulnerability. Kim Lewandowski and Dan Lorenc of Google LLC’s open-source security team recently noted that the process of installing most open-source software today “is equivalent to picking up a random thumb-drive off the sidewalk and plugging it into your machine.”
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ONF Announces Formation of Ananki, A New Company Delivering Commercial Private 5G Service Based on ONF Open Source
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ONF Announces Formation of Ananki, A New Company Delivering Commercial Private 5G Service Based on ONF Open Source
Furthering its mission to provide industry leading open source solutions to transform networking, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) today announced the launch of Ananki™, an independent venture-backed company to deliver open source-based Software-Defined Private 5G as a commercial service to address enterprises' unique requirements of Industry 4.0.
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