The Alpha Omega Initiative For Taking Open Source Software Security Seriously

The Alpha Omega Project is a new initiative by the Linux Foundation to strengthen the security of critical open source applications.

Why is this important? The answer is the extent to which we all now rely on open source software which, as I recently reported in European Union Will Pay For Finding Bugs In Open Source Software, powers everything, from modern servers, to IoT, to the desktops used by enterprises and governments.

Evidence of the criticality of such software was provided by the commotion caused by the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug or the recent RCE bug which shook the foundations of every industry. Nowadays every company is a software house, be it Adidas, Tesco or Oracle, whose stack is certain to involve open source libraries at a minor or larger scale. Even the White House acknowledged this, leading to the SBOM directive.

full article on i-programmer:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/15231-taking-open-source-software-security-seriously.html

The I Programmer Java 2023 Recap

At I Programmer we continue to monitor Java's status closely. Here's what we've recorded throughout 2023. https://www.i-programmer.info/programming/178-java/16858-the-i-programmer-java-2023-recap.html

The German Government's Sovereign Tech Fund For OSS

An initiative by the German Federal Government aims to strengthen the important role Open Source Software plays in modern society. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/16861-the-german-governments-sovereign-tech-fund-for-oss.html

Ursina - A Game Engine Powered by Python

Ursina is a new open source game engine in which you can code any type of game in Python, be it 2-D, 3-D, an application, a visualization, you name it. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/144-graphics-and-games/17606-ursina-a-game-engine-powered-by-python.html

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