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FOSS Weekly, FOSS Top Sites, and OSI is Still Chronically Dysfunctional

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 17, 2023,

updated Mar 17, 2023

Security Leftovers

Amazon Linux 2023 (UPDATED)

FOSS Weekly #23.11: Ubuntu 23.04 Features, 2 New Distros, Terminal Basics and More Linux Stuff

↺ FOSS Weekly #23.11: Ubuntu 23.04 Features, 2 New Distros, Terminal Basics and More Linux Stuff

> Two new distros have been announced this week. Apart from that, take a look at the features of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04.

Open Source Software: Top Sites

↺ Open Source Software: Top Sites

> This list of open source sites includes several categories -- each of which will be of interest to open source software users. The “project hosting” category includes giants who provide server space for open source code and allow downloads. The “directories” category includes sites that have created lists of open source projects.

OSI Email Mistake Could Affect Election Results [Ed: And yet another election-related blunder or scandal at OSI. It happened a lot in recent years and it shows that it's no longer functioning. Microsoft turned OSI into its openwashing lobbyist.]

↺ OSI Email Mistake Could Affect Election Results

> Open Source Initiative has committed a faux pas in its currently underway board of directors election that has the potential to affect the results. This comes two years after the organization was forced to scrap the results of a board of directors election and hold a second election, after a security hole in its election software was found to have been exploited.

> In this case, such drastic measures will probably not be necessary to fix the problem, however.

> The misstep came on Thursday night, in a get-out-the-vote email sent by the organizations executive director, Stefano Maffulli, to OSI members. Voting in the election, which will decide board members for two individual seats (voting for a third affiliate seat is only open to affiliate members), began on February 10 and will officially run through February 20. In the email, however, Maffulli told members, “You can vote until Monday March 21, 1700 UTC – 9am US Pacific.” Unfortunately, Monday is March 20, meaning March 21 falls on Tuesday.

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