The year 2024 saw major advances in Linux and open source software development. However, it also witnessed some disturbing open source business moves that raised concerns about its future. Company after company abandoned their open source roots to seek money with prosperity licenses and trademarks. For all practical purposes, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys' count, 96% of all codebases contain open source software . But all too often in recent years, once a...
