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Apache Pekko has left the incubator phase and is now a top-level project.
lists.apache.org/thread/grl5h0…
That's great news! Pekko was created as a Fork of Akka 2.6, right after Lightbend chose to pull a bait-and-switch by relicensing Akka to a non-FOSS license.
I have already switched to Pekko a few months ago, it went very smooth, and I am grateful to everybody involved in making this happen.
#opensource #pekko #akka #scala #java #licensing #apache #foss
Lots of understandable concern today as #Microsoft #GitHub announced their new #Copilot availability today. Probably worth a reminder that @conservancy has convened a working group on #ethics, #licensing, and other related issues, especially for #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource contributors.
Perhaps you or others may want to join or read more?
Boosts welcome! 
sfconservancy.org/news/2022/fe…
New Committee Will Investigate Copyleft Implications of AI-Assisted Programming
Software Freedom Conservancy announces a Committee On AI-Assisted Programming and Copyleft to develop recommendations and plans for a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community response to the use of machine learning tools for code generation and…Software Freedom Conservancy