Donations, pledges, and tech funds are "the coffee money". "Procurement buys vendors and warranties, not open code". All of this despite the fact that "97 % of audited codebases contain open source components", per Black Duck Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) 2025 report! #FOSDEM
Español:Donations, pledges, and tech funds are "the coffee money". "Procurement buys vendors and warranties, not open code". All of this despite the fact that "97 % of audited codebases contain open source components", per Black Duck Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) 2025 report! #FOSDEM
@juanlu.space #OpenSource components MUST be declared on all bids to a #PublicTender.
And more, the bidder MUST declare its #contributions to each project, or say it has none.