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Laura

Managing WordPress with config files

I am lazy. That combined with the need of managing an undefined amount of WordPress installations is not a productive combination. And since I consider myself a purist therefore I don't want to rely on external services or other plugins for that. That's why I thought I could write something which uses config files.

working-directory.com/2025-04-

working-directory.comManaging WordPress with config filesWorking Directory is a personal development blog brought to you by Laura
#wordpress#automation#python
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Glitchy Pixel

The mobygratis.com/ website says this when you want to use thier music:

"there are only 2 things you can't do with the music here; use it to advertise right wing politics or causes, or use it to promote meat, dairy, or other animal products."

Sounds easy and cool, but then why when #opensource or #foss or #oss projects try to do something like this then everybody turns into knots to discourage you that it's wrong, impossible or doesn't fulfill OSI or the #fsf principles or whatever...

mobygratis.commobygratis - Free Moby music to empower your creative projectsFree music resource designed to empower creative projects by students, non-profits, indie filmmakers, musicians and more.
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Yuna

🎭 NATS: When Your Digital Child Becomes the Prize in a Custody Battle

Reminder to all companies:
If you build your empire on open-source and contribute nothing back, don't be surprised when the ground starts cracking.

NATS, one of the few messaging systems that actually works without summoning ancient demons, now finds itself torn between its creators at Synadia and its adoptive guardians at CNCF. Like any good custody battle, it’s about one thing: Money. 🤑

As a tiny contributor to NATS, it fills me with childlike glee and existential dread to witness what happens when open source ideals collide headfirst with cold, hard business reality.
It’s a classic story:
A vendor generously donates an open-source jewel… only to demand it back when the math stops adding up.

Synadia, the ever-devoted parent, wants to put NATS under the Business Source License (BSL) to secure its survival. Meanwhile, CNCF holds the project in a loving but legally fortified embrace, refusing to let go.

CNCF, clutching its righteous torch of community ownership, refuses to hand over the toys, reminding Synadia: “You gave it away. There are rules. Also… you signed things.”

As a microscopic speck in this universe of giants, I have one simple emotion: sadness.
Sadness that the best technology can still be crushed under the weight of human greed, misaligned incentives, and tragic irony.

OSS survives because we believe in it. OSS dies when we monetize belief.

Whatever happens, little NATS deserves better than a lawsuit. It deserves a future.

Will I stop contributing to NATS?
No. I'm far too stubborn for that.
Will I trust it the same way?
Ask me again when the lawsuits stop.

⚡ Still contributing. Still dreaming. Still worried.

Sources:
* cncf.io: cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protec
* thestack: thestack.technology/we-want-it
* Nats.io: github.com/cncf/foundation/blo
#opensource #natsio #cncf #synadia #foss #techdrama #softwareengineering #NATS #OSS #BusinessSourceLicense #DeveloperLife #SupportOSS #coding #programming

Parents called Synadia and CNCF are fighting for their child Nats.io
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small circle 🕊 in calmness

From the #wasmCloud team, many at @cosmonic

wasmcloud.com/blog/2025-04-23-

> The wasmCloud core team—and our leading contributors, including Cosmonic—are steadfastly committed to open source, to the needs of our community, to the core tenants of software foundation membership, and to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). We are proud to license wasmCloud under Apache 2.0 and do not believe the Business Source License (BUSL) is open source in practice or philosophy.

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wasmcloud.com · Statement on proposed changes to CNCF NATS.io licensing and ownership | wasmCloudThe wasmCloud core team-and our leading contributors, including Cosmonic-are steadfastly committed to open source, the needs of our community, to core tenants of software foundation membership, and to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
#FOSS#OpenSource#OSS
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small circle 🕊 in calmness

#Synadia the company behind #NATS announced their intent to move their codebase fom a #FOSS license to #BUSL.

Here's #LinuxFoundation CNCF's response to that:

cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protec

And the reaction of Synadia:

synadia.com/blog/synadia-respo

Their reason boils down to #OSS: Unsustainable.

Here's the HN discussion on the matter:

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Protecting NATS and the Integrity of open source: CNCF's commitment to the community
CNCF · Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the communityWhen a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community. It’s a pledge to uphold open…
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Thomas Lavergne

Help wanted ! #OpenSource #OSS

A few years back, I made a fine little #python script to help automate shell commands and scripts over a range of dates, in parallel.

The script is called loop_wrapper and is on github: github.com/metno/loop_wrapper

Although it is not developed actively, it is very much in use here, and I'd like it very much if someone could help maintain it.

First, it would be great with help with CI/CD, and also pip- and conda-installation.

Do you know how to do this (or want to learn on the spot?) Have some spare time? Get in touch here: github.com/metno/loop_wrapper/

loop_wrapper --cpu all 20150101 20150315 do_something_usefull {d:%Y%m%d} - metno/loop_wrapper
GitHubGitHub - metno/loop_wrapper: loop_wrapper --cpu all 20150101 20150315 do_something_usefull {d:%Y%m%d}loop_wrapper --cpu all 20150101 20150315 do_something_usefull {d:%Y%m%d} - metno/loop_wrapper
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Matt "msw" Wilson

A reminder that transferring assets to a consortium in hopes that it can accelerate your business is never a “donation”, especially if one believes they can “take it back”.

Businesses see CNCF as an incubator, where “their” assets can grow. Because in many ways it is.

In my personal opinion the Apache Way is clearer in separation of corporate interests…

#CNCF #FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protec

Protecting NATS and the Integrity of open source: CNCF's commitment to the community
CNCF · Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the communityWhen a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community. It’s a pledge to uphold open…
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Minnesota Spy Club

A specific black ops creation of Lauwers was the “League of Lonely War Women” (Verein Einsamer Kriegerfrauen) which sought to undermine Axis morale & demoralize German soldiers that their wives or girlfriends were unfaithful. (3/4)

#OSS #WW2

militarytimes.com/video/2021/0

Military Times · History Lesson: The League of Lonely War WomenAs a trap to demoralize German troops in World War II, an intelligence branch devised a group of women to woo the soldiers and convince them the war was lost.
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