Simon Phipps

Simon Phipps

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OSI Standards director · Meshed Insights CEO · Geek-Nerd · Cat servant. Personal account, see pinned post. Beware clones, see hub and check for validation ticks […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://meshed.cloud/@webmink, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Simon Phipps
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Would it be unreasonably cynical to wonder if Chainguard broke the PHP vuln embargo to create a crisis they could monetise? I hear their sales people have been calling around offering "protection".

Simon Phipps
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If I show up at your meeting on my day off it is very unlikely to be because I plan to +1 your proposals. #Subtoot

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I'm sitting in one of the fullest European Parliament hearings I've ever seen: it's about the infamous proposed Cloud and #AI Development Act #CADA and it's a huge "we need to build build build #datacentres", #gigafactories and farring #unicorns. And I'm like 😭 Let's see if I get speaking time. :)

Simon Phipps
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Seems billionaires no longer consider Britain a tax haven. That's fantastic. As long as the places they are moving to are tiny, anomalous enclaves and not our major trading partners that's what should be happening. Now they've gone let's lock them out of our politics […]

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Creative Commons warns that applying a more restrictive CC license to your work may not prevent #AI using it but will chill use by humans. (see p3) https://zenodo.org/records/22261032

zenodo.orgGuidance on CC Licensing in the Age of AIThis guidance addresses how the current suite of CC legal tools apply—or not—in a world where AI systems both rely on and produce knowledge while increasingly acting as an intermediary to original sources. We start with an executive summary of our general guidance and include a note on terminology before examining the broader content and underlying assumptions of this work. We then provide additional context for and links to our existing licensing guidance across three sectors that are among the heaviest users of CC legal tools: open culture, open education, and open science.
Simon Phipps
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"Nearly every #OpenSource license, from MIT to the GPL, is unambiguous about the obligation to keep the copyright notice and attribution intact. Developers offered their work to the world on those terms, and anyone who builds on that work, including companies building #AI tools, should honor […]

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"Open source communities are converging on a new governance artifact: the AI contribution policy, an explicit statement of whether contributors may use generative AI (GenAI), under what conditions, and what they must disclose." "Public discourse suggests that open source projects are closing […]

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The world of #OpenSource and #FreeSoftware is divided between those who see #licences as giving protection from exploiters and those that see them as giving freedom to collaborators and users.

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Evernote are doubling their price again for the fourth time in 5 years and it's time for us as a family to at least create a backup of our decades-old family records so we are ready when they cease to be viable. Do I know anyone who would be willing to set up a self-hosted replacement system […]

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Facebook, Google, Microsoft and the rest of the surveillance economy have been trying to get everyone to provide all their private ID info for much of the past decade. Now the UK's Labour party are going to force us all to give it to them for free. And they are hiding the lede behind a story […]

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Get #FediHired and work for @tdforg who have a vacancy for a super-admin system administrator on all #OpenSource infrastructure. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/08/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-paid-system-administrator-working-on-tdfs-infrastructure-full-time-remote-m-f-d/

blog.documentfoundation.orgJoin the LibreOffice team as a paid system administrator, working on TDF’s infrastructure (full-time, remote, m/f/d)Love LibreOffice? Got experience with infrastructure and system administration? We are The Document Foundation (TDF), the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice. We’re passionate about free software, the open source culture and about bringing new people with fresh ideas into our project. To assist the LibreOffice community with its work, we are looking for a full-time (remote) Infrastructure and System Administrator, to start as soon as possible. ### Here’s what you’ll do * **System orchestration and OS management** : Orchestrate, deploy, and maintain all internal and external systems, specifically standard and customised Linux operating systems, with the majority of machines running Debian GNU/Linux. We currently run SaltStack, but proposals for different ways to handle config management and deployment are welcome. * **Virtualisation and storage infrastructure** : Manage virtualisation platforms and hypervisors (KVM/QEMU). Experience with GlusterFS (for the backup system) is a plus, but not mandatory. * **Database, cloud, and App Administration** : Administer database servers such as MariaDB and PostgreSQL, cloud storage repositories (such as Nextcloud), web applications, email services, and developer tooling. * **Network and hardware maintenance** : Maintain core physical and cloud network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and NAS storage, amongst them devices from MikroTik. * **Security and network access** : Oversee firewalls, intrusion detection, antivirus, IP reputation, global mirror systems, and secure VPNs for users and machines. * **Identity and access management** : Deploy and manage single sign-on (SSO) solutions, directory services, domain names, DNS zones, and SSL certificates (PKI). * **Ensure stable operations and monitoring** : Together with teammates and volunteers, ensure stable infrastructure availability, manage log analysis, handle emergencies, and coordinate with external providers during outages. * **Patch management** : Execute timely deployments of security and software updates within scheduled maintenance windows. * **Team coordination and documentation** : Lead and coordinate the infrastructure team, volunteer contributors, and third-party vendors, while keeping technical documentation up to date. * **Data protection and disaster recovery** : Implement backup and point-in-time disaster recovery solutions, and manage infrastructure-related GDPR compliance in cooperation with privacy officers. ### What we want from you * Very good sysadmin and infra maintenance skills on Linux * Good team-playing abilities * Speaking and writing English As always, TDF will give some preference to individuals who have previously shown a commitment to TDF, including but not limited to members of TDF. Not being a member does not exclude any applicants from consideration. ### Join us! All jobs at The Document Foundation are remote jobs, where you can work from your home office or a co-working space. The work time during the day is flexible, apart from a few fixed meetings. The role is offered as full-time (ideally 40 hours per week). While we prefer full-time for the role, part-time applications, or proposals to grow the hours over time, will be considered. Candidates that are resident in Germany will be employed directly by TDF. Otherwise, external payroll services will be used if available in the candidate’s country of residence. ### Are you interested? Get in touch! TDF welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. Don’t be afraid to be different, and stay true to yourself. We like you that way! 😊 We’re looking forward to receiving your application, including information about you (your resume), when you are available for the job, and of course your financial expectations. Please provide details about your experience and send us an e-mail to sysadmin@documentfoundation.org **no later than July 6, 2026 (end of day, Berlin time)**. If you haven’t received feedback by August 3, 2026, your application could not be considered. Also note: we only accept applications from the applicant, and not from any intermediary. We do not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee.
Simon Phipps
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Want a job shaping the future of #OpenSource in EU tech? European tech standards body ETSI has a new paid position available for an open source expert. The advert doesn't say it quite like that because they have members who dislike open source, but "SDG" is the term for what was originally […]

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The top appeals court of the European Union has once again found that standards referenced from law must be made "freely accessible under a system of access which is general, effective, without charge and non-discriminatory." I assume CEN/CENELEC and the national standards bodies it works with […]

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It's still before 10:00 on the Sunday after party night at #FOSDEM and the #EUPolicy room is on its second talk and very busy.