Latest Microsoft Openwashing and 'Linux' Foundation PR Cruft

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 17, 2024,
updated Sep 22, 2024

• Microsoft

  • Dev Class ☛ Redmonk: No clear link between moving from open source to a proprietary license, and increasing company value [Ed: Microsoft media operative Tim Anderson is amplifying Microsoft-funded 'analyst' (propaganda source); Microsoft moles really fancy pretending to talk for the very groups they're attacking]

• Linux Foundation

  • Linux Foundation's Site/Blog ☛ Linux Foundation Announces OpenSearch Software Foundation to Foster Open Collaboration in Search and Analytics

    Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the launch of the OpenSearch Software Foundation, a community-driven initiative that will support OpenSearch and its search software, which is used by developers around the world to build search, analytics, observability, and vector database applications. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the OpenSearch Software Foundation will work with community maintainers and developers, as well as founding member organizations, to support the continued growth of OpenSearch.

  • OSTechNix ☛ OpenSearch Project Joins the 'Linux' Foundation

    The OpenSearch Project, a powerful search and analytics engine, has transitioned to the 'Linux' Foundation to ensure its continued growth and innovation.

  • LWN ☛ 'Linux' Foundation announces OpenSearch Software Foundation

    The 'Linux' Foundation has announced the creation of the OpenSearch Software Foundation as a vendor‑neutral home for the OpenSearch search and observability software: [...]

  • Silicon Angle ☛ 'Linux' Foundation to host AWS’ OpenSearch search and analytics engine [Ed: Sponsored 'article', sponsored by the companies it is about.]

    The 'Linux' Foundation today announced the launch of the OpenSearch Software Foundation, a community-driven initiative that will support the search software, which is used by developers around the world to build search, analytics, observability and vector database applications.

  • Unified Patents ☛ 'Linux' Foundation and CNCF Expand Partnership with Unified Patents to Defend Open Source Software from Non-Practicing Entities [Ed: Well, but prominent members of 'Linux' Foundation act lime patent trolls]

    The 'Linux' Foundation, in collaboration with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), is excited to announce the expansion of its partnership with Unified Patents to defend open source software against non-practicing entities (NPEs).

  • OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ Join Us at the OSS Security Meetup in Tokyo, Japan

    We are excited to announce that the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative uniting the most important open source security efforts and their supporters, will host a meetup on Thursday, October 3rd, at Renesas Electronics.

More from the same LF-sponsored site:

• Linux Foundation launches OpenSearch Software Foundation to support developer community growth

  The Linux Foundation today announced the launch of the OpenSearch Software Foundation, a community-driven initiative that will support the search software, which is used by developers around the world to build search, analytics, observability and vector database applications.

Puff pieces and press release on the same:

• AWS brings OpenSearch under the Linux Foundation umbrella

  AWS today announced that it is transitioning OpenSearch, its open source fork of the popular Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, to the Linux Foundation with the launch of the very aptly named OpenSearch Foundation.

• AWS hands OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation

  Open-source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana will be supported by the newly formed OpenSearch Software Foundation, whose members include AWS, Uber, Canonical, and Aiven.

• AWS donates OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation

  AWS has transferred OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation. There it will get a new home in its own OpenSearch Software Foundation. As such, the software, developed in 2021 as a fork of ElasticSearch, is now part of the open-source community.

• Linux Foundation Announces OpenSearch Software Foundation to Foster Open Collaboration in Search and Analytics

  AWS transfers OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation to support a vendor-neutral community for search, analytics, observability, and vector database software

More misuse of the "Linux" brand for unrelated things (openwashing PR):

• Hedera contributes entire codebase to Linux Foundation

  Hedera shifts toward open-source decentralization, transferring its codebase to Linux Foundation’s Decentralized Trust for global collaboration.

• Hedera joins Linux Foundation, donates source code to new project

• Hedera and Linux Foundation Partner to Share Code

• Hedera Becomes Founding Premier Member of Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust

• Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust Launches with 17 Projects, 100+ Founding Members

• World's Leading Open Source Mobile Packet Core, free5GC, Moves Under Linux Foundation to Provide Open Source Alternatives Across 5G Deployments

• Free5GC project joins Linux Foundation

• Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Form Developer Relations Foundation

• Enabling Linux in Safety Applications (ELISA) Project Welcomes Hamburg University of Technology - Institute of Aircraft Systems Engineering and Lynx Software Technologies to Strengthen their Commitment to Safety-Critical Applications in Aerospace

More LF, mostly openwashing:

• Linux Foundation announces several new subgroups during Open Source Summit Day 1

  The Linux Foundation had a lot of news to share during the first day of its Open Source Summit in Vienna, Austria. Several new subgroups have been formed within the organization to support popular technologies and practices.

• Linux Foundation + CNCF Patently Defend Open Source Software [Ed: No, they defend software patents from patent reform which is much needed]

  Authorization is irksome. For a start, the Brits spell licensing as licencing... and a great number of people mispronounce the word patent as “pay-tunt”, when of course it should be “pah-tent”, whichever side of the pond you are on. But in a world of increasingly virtualized service-based technologies, we need a global economy where licensing, governing authority, patents, copyrights, permits and protections need to be painfully clear and agreed at all times.

• Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust aims for web3 innovation

  The Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust aims to foster collaboration and innovation across the web3 ecosystem of blockchain, ledger, identity, interoperability, and cryptographic technologies.

• Linux debuts decentralized foundation with Hedera and 100+ members [Ed: Boosting scams]

  The Linux Foundation has created a software foundation as an umbrella organization for open source for decentralized ecosystems. The Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT) debuts with over 100 members, including all the members of the Hyperledger Foundation, Hedera and 13 more new members.

• Linux Foundation Adopts Hedera’s Open-Source Hashgraph Tech — Unites 100+ Companies for Decentralized Trust Initiative

  While it was initially established to oversee open-source code initiatives rooted in the Linux operating system kernel, since around 2010, The Linux Foundation has evolved to shepherd a far more diverse variety of projects. Today, it functions as a kind of “foundation of foundations ” for more than 230 open-source projects spanning AI, cloud, networking, security, blockchain, and beyond.

• Hedera Joins Linux Foundation’s Decentralized Trust as Founding Premier Member

  Project Hiero will oversee and advance the creation of diverse dApps and technologies, including tools like digital wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and advanced cryptographic solutions.

• Linux Foundation Launches Decentralized Trust with Hedera and 100+ Members, Introducing Key Projects Hiero and Lockness

  The SPX index was up by 0.13%, traders are anticipating a potential 50 basis point rate cut, with over 62% confidence according to CME's FedWatch Tool. Coindesk Indices, an index measuring broader cryptocurrency market performance was down by 1.02%, with Bitcoin and Ether dropping by 3.33% and 3.86%, respectively in the past 24 hours.

• Hyperledger rolls into Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust as Hedera transfers code

  There are four significant announcements relating to the Hyperledger community for open source blockchain projects. Today is the launch of the Linux Foundation (LF) Decentralized Trust, the new umbrella body for blockchain (Hyperledger), decentralized cryptography solutions, identity and more. Hedera Hashgraph announced it is transferring across its codebase, including the Hashgraph Consensus mechanism. Plus, there are 13 new LF Decentralized Trust members such as Hashgraph, Banco Central do Brasil, Polygon and Tata Consulting Services (TCS). Finally, Hyperledger Fabric, the blockchain that formed the initial foundation of the community, has now released version 3.0.

• free5GC Joins Linux Foundation to Strengthen Open Source 5G Network Development

  Open Source Summit Europe - The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, welcomed free5GC to the Linux Foundation community.

  The free5GC is an open source project for fifth-generation (5G) mobile core networks, with the goal of implementing the 5G core network (5GC) defined in 3GPP Release 15 (R15) and beyond. free5GC joins the Linux Foundation with the support of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Chunghwa Telecom, Pegatron Corporation, Zero One Tech, and Saviah Technologies.

• AWS hands OpenSearch to Linux Foundation – is this why Elasticsearch was made open source again?

  The Linux Foundation will take over OpenSearch, the AWS-sponsored fork of Elasticsearch.

  There is a newly-formed OpenSearch Foundation with premier members comprised of AWS, SAP, and Uber; and general members including Aiven, Aryn, Atlassian, Canonical, Digital Ocean, Eliatra, Graylog, NetApp Instaclustr, and Portal26.

  Nandini Ramani, AWS VP of search and cloud operation, said the purpose of the transfer was to set up the “next stage of growth” for the project, and emphasized “vendor-neutral governance,” which includes a new technical steering committee.

• AWS is bringing OpenSearch to Linux

  AWS has announced OpenSearch will be transitioned to the Linux Foundation to operate under the new name of the OpenSearch Foundation.

Late arrival:

• AWS Transfers OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation

  The popular open source analytics engine OpenSearch will now be directed by the community rather than Amazon Web Services.

  At Open Source Summit Europe, AWS announced it’s transferring OpenSearch, its fork of ElasticSearch, to the Linux Foundation. This is a significant shift in the governance and development of the popular open source search and analytics engine, which has recorded over 700 million downloads since its inception in 2021.

  OpenSearch began when Elastic, makers of the open source search and analytic engine Elasticsearch, changed its license from the open source Apache 2.0-license (ALv2) to the open source unfriendly Server Side Public License (SSPL). Elastic did this because it saw AWS as taking advantage of hosting Elasticsearch but not collaborating with the company that created it.

Very late:

• Print2Block Joins Linux Foundation’s Decentralised Trust Initiative As Founding Member

  Print2Block, the company behind the DocChain.io platform announces its membership in Linux Foundation Decentralised Trust (LF Decentralised Trust), the premier open-source foundation supporting decentralised technology ecosystems. As a founding member, Print2Block will take an active role in the LF Decentralised Trust community, driving innovation in blockchain, identity, cryptography, and other related technologies.

Very late again:

• Linux Foundation & CNCF Target ‘Patent Troll’ Non-Practicing Entities [Ed: But some of their own members act like patent trolls and they don't tackle software patents]

  Eminently familiar friends, the Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) have expanded a partnership initiative with Unified Patents to defend open-source software against Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs).

  Unified Patents is a member-based organization dedicated to improving patent quality and reducing invalid patent assertions in technology. Committed to defending bona fide opens source software patent activity from NPEs – organizations, entities or individuals who acquire a patent, but do not proceed to commercialize the invention or innovation and are sometimes referred to as “patent trolls” – this triumvirate group of steadfast open source advocates will work for the common good of user and the community.

• Amazon Donates OpenSearch To Linux Foundation

  mazon has donated OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation, who has announced that it wll be part of the newly formed OpenSearch Software Foundation, a community-driven initiative under the Linux Foundation. OpenSearch is an open source search and analytics suite that began life as an open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana.

  Elasticsearch is a distributed open search and analytics engine for all types of data, including textual, numerical, geospatial, structured, and unstructured. Elasticsearch is built on Apache Lucene, and is used for a variety of applications and visualization tools including Kibana, Elastic’s analytics and visualization platform.