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This week we released a new @tidelift company video that in 3 minutes articulates the problem Tidelift solves, how we solve it, and what makes us unique. Watch it the new video on our YouTube channel 📺 : piped.video/IIRHRIDZ5xc
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We took Microsoft up on the offer to judge them on their recent open source efforts. Here's what the data showed us: bit.ly/2xNdqcH
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If you want to better understand your open source dependencies, sign in w/ GitHub to try our free dependency analysis. bit.ly/2otXs0k
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How dependable are your dependencies? Use the new @Tidelift open source dependency analysis for 🆓. Details at bit.ly/2otsfuc.
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We've raised $15m from @gcvp, @foundrygroup, and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. @dff explains how we are using it to help open source creators and users. bit.ly/2IFNl4k
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At @UpstreamOSS, @joshsimmons gathered together a group of distinguished open source leaders to discuss what it means to be a good OSS citizen. Thanks for your thoughts, @duaneobrien, @algillen, @baconandcoconut, @brooklynrob, and @alyssapwright! bit.ly/3vhKfK9
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We now have over $1 million dollars available on Tidelift to pay open source maintainers. If you're a maintainer, learn more here: bit.ly/2xkrSGN
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Fact: @nuxt_js is the 4th fastest growing project on @github. 🙌 Also fact: @nuxt_js is supported by co-creator @atinux via the Tidelift Subscription. bit.ly/2z3cO0d
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Today we introduce the Tidelift Subscription. What does that mean? • Professional peace of mind • One source for open source • Built for the way you work bit.ly/2EZ1E2f
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Do you use the PHP framework @Symfony? If you're using PHP at all, the answer is probably yes. It's now part of the Tidelift Subscription! bit.ly/2Zn3ens
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We are so excited to be partnering with @left_pad to provide support for @Babeljs. Let's make open source better—for everyone. 🙌bit.ly/2I2UpD6
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We ❤️@vueconfus! Software developer @johnbintz highlights some technical and big picture talks given by @evanyou, @greggpollack, and @chrisfritz! bit.ly/2GtTQGu
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We’ve raised $25m in Series B funding to scale Tidelift for open source creators and users. What does that mean for you? Read on. bit.ly/2F83KM8
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We’re our own first customer for the @Tidelift Subscription for @VueJs. We are paying maintainers starting with @evanyou. Interested? bit.ly/2EZ9kS6
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Join Tidelift and @AWSOpen for an insightful panel discussion exploring inclusive development practices in open source on Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. ET. If you attend, you’ll get a free Pay the Maintainers t-shirt. (U.S. only, sadly.) bit.ly/3dvOSe6
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Open source creators: Red Hat got $34 billion. You... did not. Want to know why? Tidelift co-founder @dff shares the secret recipe: bit.ly/2Sy3dYb
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Warmly welcoming @left_pad to our team of professional open source developers. He's providing support for @babeljs, and we're pumped! bit.ly/2K0sj0t
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We’re delighted to collaborate with @ewa_jodlowska, @davidism, and the entire @thePSF team to pay the maintainers of the Flask framework and libraries. bit.ly/2LzPnTN
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A hack in an unmaintained @npmjs library threatened millions of internet users. Something's got to change now, right? 😳 bit.ly/2At9ITW
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Hello from @tidelift ! We’re here to make open source software work better for developers and users. Today, @librariesio joins our team. tidelift.com/blog/2017/11/14…
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The Tidelift Subscription now includes support for @vuetifyjs. Thrilled that @zeroskillz is helping us make open source work better for everyone. bit.ly/2t5DhHq
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Let's get excited about software maintenance! Know what would be really cool? If we paid the people who kept it working well! bit.ly/2HewRLE
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We're super excited to be working with the maintainers of @vuejs, @babeljs, and @vuetifyjs to bring you professionally supported open source. 🎉bit.ly/2Lif0tz
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Open source software takes time to make, and that time isn’t free. How do open source projects pay the bills today? bit.ly/2na8d7i
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We 💗 the story of how @evanyou figured out how to quit his job and become a full-time @vuejs open source maintainer: bit.ly/2MedxRB
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Last year, over 1,500 people went on an expedition called @UpstreamOSS, where we explored what makes open source awesome. ⛰️ Join us again this year on June 7: bit.ly/36k16ma
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The Tidelift Subscription now covers over 1,000 of the most popular open source packages, including @TheApacheStruts, @babeljs, @vuejs, @materialui, @gulpjs and many other community-led projects pivotal to commercial app development. bit.ly/2J3q2AH
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We're honored to be partnering with @GirlsWhoCode on Explore Open Source, a curriculum to encourage open source participation. 🎉 #MakeSpaceForWomen bit.ly/2tO9iZ7
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We’re talking a lot about SBOMs these days. But they aren’t the full solution. @dff hosts @csoandy to discuss: bit.ly/3sMGI4X
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Today we announced a new collaboration between Tidelift and @rubytogether. If you use Ruby and are attending #OSCON, stop by our booth (616!) and learn more about it! bit.ly/2SimOfh
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Are you a @JavaScript, @Java, @pypi, @official_php, or @rails maintainer? You may be eligible for $10,000 to professionally maintain your package. 💰 bit.ly/2xmGMw7
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Paying the maintainers of open source isn’t just about the “how," it’s about the “why.” Our proposal? Pay for value that doesn’t come for free with the software. bit.ly/2TzpOre
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"I hope that [Tidelift] is a business model that companies find efficient and needed, but also as a way to give back to open source." - @zeroskillz bit.ly/2CK4vv9
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Your engineering team is likely depending on an open source library that's been vulnerable for 3 months. How did this happen, and how can you prevent it in the future? bit.ly/2PXof4W
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Attend our new webinar, Best practices for inclusive development, a panel discussion we are hosting in partnership with @AWSOpen! Happening Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. ET. Attend for a free t-shirt! (U.S. only). @joshsimmons @katzj @NithyaRuff @juliaferraioli bit.ly/3C4G60h
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Big news at Tidelift today! The subscription now covers more than 1000 projects + we announced powerful new elements of the Tidelift Subscription. Take a visual tour with co-founder @havocp: bit.ly/2GRZwZk
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This Valentine's Day, don't forget some of the most important people in your life: open source maintainers. 💖
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We’re partnering with @GitHub and funding 4,000 open source projects. #GitHubSatellite #paythemaintainers bit.ly/2X0Zyny
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We are excited to welcome @BlaineBublitz to our awesome group of Tidelift maintainers. He's offering professional support for @gulpjs! 🙌 bit.ly/2N0Dq6Q
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Join Tidelift host Kanish Sharma and guest speaker @JimBMercer, @IDC research vice president, as they discuss the importance of a sound open source software supply chain management strategy on Oct. 13. Register here: bit.ly/3xBcTaA
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Replying to @github
Over 4,000 open source projects on @GitHub are now immediately eligible for income from @tidelift through GitHub Sponsors! blog.tidelift.com/tidelift-p…
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It's time to take dependencies seriously. @_rsc articulates the problem we're working on better than we could have! bit.ly/2DAiKRX
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Today @tidelift announces >$1m for open source; thanks @evanyou @olivtassinari @left_pad @randomtechdude @zeroskillz @BlaineBublitz @bitprophet for your support! bit.ly/2Nnl1pK
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Those who maintain widely-used open source software tend to get short shrift, typically working for little direct reward. Let's fix that. bit.ly/2tpQ4Yw
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This morning as part of the @GitHub Sponsors launch, we announced that 4,000 packages already have income available via @Tidelift. If you are a maintainer, see if your package is on the list here: bit.ly/2JCoYVw #GitHubSatellite #paythemaintainers
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Are you an #opensource #maintainer who maintains one or more projects? We’d love to hear from you! Complete our survey and we’ll send you one or more ✨snazzy✨ gifts: bit.ly/4c1CpXX
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Microsoft asked us to judge them on their recent open source efforts. So we did, by joining data from @librariesio and @github! bit.ly/2LpQq5C
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Tidelift pays Python maintainer @hynek for his night-and-weekend work on open source projects. As Hynek says in this blog post: "Corporations wanting enterprise-grade supply chain security can't expect it for free." Read more: bit.ly/3s3v8G0
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For the past 6 years, @blainebublitz has contributed to @gulpjs as a core maintainer. Now he's working at Tidelift, and we are so excited. 🎉 He shares his story: bit.ly/2Mx3iMV
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In 2001, Microsoft fought open source. In 2018 they embrace it 😍 But it's time to fix their original criticism: funding and accountability bit.ly/2peuWPE
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Want to know how to sign up to maintain your project on Tidelift? Co-founder @havocp explains the details. bit.ly/2QIQGzY
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Do you use @NuxtJS? We're excited to announce the Tidelift Subscription includes support for the popular @JavaScript package. bit.ly/2K3VUDL
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Open source needs a better business model that works for creators and users alike. With an additional $25m to pay the maintainers, Tidelift is scaling fast (and we’re hiring). bit.ly/2Av9yfD
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Earning enough 💰 to work on open source is hard. Maintainers interested in a new way to fund open source development should read this: bit.ly/2FcbT2k
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Do you use open source software to develop applications at work? If so, please fill out our survey, and we'll send you our 2021 edition Pay the Maintainers t-shirt—for free! bit.ly/3FJYU3Q
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It’s time to pay the open source maintainers. Or, what Voltron can teach us about improving open source development 🤖 via @opensourceway red.ht/2NUWzLV
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Thanks @Forbes for recognizing @Tidelift as one of the 2018 @Cloud100 Rising Stars! bit.ly/2Mv8RG7
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It’s working! Tidelift now partners with the maintainers of 1,000+ community-led open source projects to deliver managed open source, with 4,000+ eligible for income. 📢 See how we do it. bit.ly/2J4q5Mz
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Big news: the Tidelift Subscription includes support for @NuxtJS, directly from co-creator @Atinux. 🙌 bit.ly/2OJQ778
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Tidelift is working with @NumFOCUS to support three huge Python projects that are vital to scientific and technical computing: bit.ly/2P44yGG
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We’ve raised $27m in Series C funding to scale Tidelift with our maintainer partners and our friends at Dorilton Ventures, Kaiser Permanente, @Atlassian ventures, @generalcatalyst, and @foundrygroup. What does that mean for you? blog.tidelift.com/27m-to-imp…
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We've raised $33.5M to improve open source software supply chain resilience with help from @cisco_invests and AEI HorizonX, who join Dorilton Ventures, Kaiser Permanente, @Atlassian ventures, @generalcatalyst, and @foundryvc in this funding round. bit.ly/3U65KII
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Microsoft asked us to judge their recent contributions to open source, and we did. WTF did we find? bit.ly/2Ht46u8
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Folks, we can do better than this. 😣 Root causing the event-stream hack, and what might stop this from happening again. (Hint: it's not that complicated 👍) bit.ly/2ArXFpH
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In the first in a series of posts about @urllib3, a Python package that is downloaded billions of times a year, we dive into how maintainers keep the project secure (and why you should care) bit.ly/3SCSn0D
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We are excited to be a sponsor of VueConf! Looking forward to seeing folks there!
Open Source platform warriors @tidelift are sponsoring VueConf! If you work with #opensource you need their zen. SIGN UP here vueconf.us & come meet @evanyou @sarah_edo @chrisvfritz @blakenewman @jenlooper @rachelnabors @mirisuzanne & many more @vuejs heroes
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Last month at @UpstreamOSS, @joshsimmons led a panel discussion featuring @duaneobrien, @algillen, @baconandcoconut, @brooklynrob, and @alyssapwright, where they each answered the question: What do we, as OSS citizens, owe each other? bit.ly/3vjdrkd
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In light of the recent Red Hat / IBM news, @dff looks back on 8 places where Red Hat mattered most. bit.ly/2SVjqqk
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Open source maintainers who create the software roads and bridges we depend on deserve more than ramen noodles-level profit 🍜-->💰 bit.ly/2GGv5Sz
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Are you attending @GitLab Commit in San Francisco tomorrow? Make sure to check your coffee cup for a 'free pay the maintainers' t-shirt QR code! bit.ly/380P8cx
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Start the new year off right and join the @Tidelift team! We're making open source work better—for everyone. Check out our openings: bit.ly/3nhhJBI
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Real-world software development means taking open source dependencies seriously. We ❤️ @_rsc’s comprehensive take on the matter and have some additional ideas on where to go from here. bit.ly/2G07GyW
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Over $1M available to pay open source maintainers on Tidelift. 💰 Here are the details. bit.ly/2OxZGXr
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Tidelift CEO and co-founder @dff will share a new approach to improving open source supply chain resilience that brings together people and software. Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/3wGt2uR
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Many packages in the #javascript, #java, #python, #php, #ruby and #rubyonrails ecosystems are pre-approved to earn $10,000 with Tidelift. See if your package qualifies: bit.ly/2xlQTRG
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We have a distributed team here at Tidelift. Engineer @johnbintz shares some tips to help keep remote work 💯 productive: bit.ly/2Pf3b5N
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We are happy to be a part of making @vuejsamsterdam an even more inclusive event! Thanks for providing us with the opportunity! See you all this week!
We'd like to thank our GLOBAL DIVERSITY SPONSOR @tidelift for offering 10 scholarships to #VuejsAmsterdam and #FrontendDeveloperLove!😍 Applications are now closed and all winners have been chosen. CHECK YOUR EMAILS 💕
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Everyone should care about the sustainability of open source software, and @TechCrunch explains why in an in-depth feature. How does @tidelift hope to contribute? bit.ly/2tBHanB
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Didn't get a chance to go to @Frontend_Love or @vuejsamsterdam ? We have you covered; here's our own @johnbintz's trip report! 📰 bit.ly/2GPAImj
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Awesome in-depth piece by @dannycrichton of @techcrunch highlighting some of the issues and solutions around open source sustainability. tcrn.ch/2lyJQPz
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Tidelift raises $15m Series A to make open source work better—for everyone. @gcvp, @foundrygroup, and former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik co-lead round. prn.to/2J1V6B9
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Steve Ballmer was right about open source... bit.ly/2GwYMHe
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When we talk about rewarding OSS maintainers for work, it is often framed only in terms of basic sustainability. Let's aim higher 👆! bit.ly/2KLnTqP
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Do you use the popular Python testing tool @pytestdotorg? Well, you're in luck, because it's now part of the Tidelift Subscription! 🔥 bit.ly/2R4n158
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So happy that @PyCon is hosting the Maintainers Summit today. The Tidelift team is there, so if you're a maintainer attending, look for @kmszu to discuss maybe getting paid for the work you do. #paythemaintainers
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Are you an open source maintainer? Join us tomorrow for a live Q&A where we answer questions about earning 💰 on the Tidelift platform. bit.ly/2QJmtRl
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We made the @businessinsider list, and we are hiring! 🎉 From the article: "Tidelift's answer [to making money from free, open source software]: A marketplace where users of open source software can pay developers for their services in managing and maintaining the code."
47 enterprise startups to bet your career on in 2020 businessinsider.com/47-enter…
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We 💖 sponsoring @changelog’s new Maintainer Spotlight. The latest episode features @feross (maintainer of @StandardJS, @WebTorrentApp, and more) discussing the key challenges maintainers face today. bit.ly/2ZJq2hU
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Exciting news: @leonardr is offering support for his Python project Beautiful Soup through the Tidelift Subscription. 🎉 bit.ly/2GSM9KN
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Last Friday, Tidelift co-founder @luis_in_brief and ecosystem strategy lead @joshsimmons hosted a casual chat about the upcoming @OpenSourceOrg elections. You can watch it here: bit.ly/3uU6qo5
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Our recent survey found that 92% of applications contain open source libraries. How well does your organization understand its dependencies? 🧐 bit.ly/2Kd3rhT
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Open source projects like Linux and React attract millions of dollars in support. But what about the rest of the software we depend on? bit.ly/2LYDSlv
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Welcome to the Tidelift team, @joshsimmons! Josh has joined our team to help empower—and pay!—open source maintainers. bit.ly/2NfQtHG
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A pic of @luis_in_140 dropping knowledge @monkigras yesterday. Next up, @fosdem! His analysis of open source licensing: bit.ly/2EyGjcz
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SBOMs are the talk of the town—but are they really the silver bullet? Join @dff on Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. ET when he hosts @csoandy in a fireside chat. RSVP: bit.ly/3fswp3a
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The Tidelift Subscription now includes support for @mongoosejs, which will be professionally maintained by @code_barbarian. 🎉 bit.ly/2y72YcZ
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What do maintainers really wish for during @Hacktoberfest? Join us Thursday at 1 p.m. ET as @joshsimmons and @isabelcmdcosta discuss. bit.ly/3G0XN0n
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