GregKH (@gregkh) awarded the Prize for Excellence in Open Source 2026
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/30/gregkh-awarded-the-prize-for-excellence-in-open-source-2026/
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@icing @europeanOSacademy in more ways than one!
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The Prize for Excellence in Open Source … goes to…
Greg Kroah-Hartman, Fellow at the The #Linux Foundation!
We could think of no one more deserving of this Award than Greg - who has ensured through maintaining of different kernel subsystems and the Linux kernel stable releases that thousands of devices function seamlessly and securely.
The Prize for Excellence was presented by the European Open Source Academy, @bagder
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"There is no borders in an open source project!"
@bagder encourages focus on the sustainability of open source products, beyond technical specifications and borders.
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Prediction for the potential future:
When the AI coding agent companies are just about to run out of money, down to their last few % raised as none of their customers are actually paying the real cost required to run these services, they pivot and take all of the uploaded code that was willingly sent to them, turn it into thousands of products / services to sell / rent, disconnect the public api endpoints leaving their old customers helpless as they no longer remember how to program "in the raw" and can not understand their own codebases, and compete directly against them putting their own customers all out of business which finally results in a positive income stream and "validation" of the coding agent companies previously over-hyped business valuations.
"But copyright law will prevent this!" you say...
When the AI coding agent companies are just about to run out of money, down to their last few % raised as none of their customers are actually paying the real cost required to run these services, they pivot and take all of the uploaded code that was willingly sent to them, turn it into thousands of products / services to sell / rent, disconnect the public api endpoints leaving their old customers helpless as they no longer remember how to program "in the raw" and can not understand their own codebases, and compete directly against them putting their own customers all out of business which finally results in a positive income stream and "validation" of the coding agent companies previously over-hyped business valuations.
"But copyright law will prevent this!" you say...
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@rdicosmo & @zacchiro just received an #EOSAwards26 for @swheritage - congratulations to them, very proud to be part of their team!
As per tradition for events in the Solvay library we added a book to the collection yesterday. Nadia Eghbal's working in public. #EOSAwards26
Dries Buytaert of Drupal fame blogged https://dri.es/ai-creates-asymmetric-pressure-on-open-source
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@bagder It was an amazing honor to receive this, thank everyone so much, and for your great speech at the event.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115980733920028429
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115980733920028429
So yeah @gregkh received the prize for excellence in Open Source 2026. Post and photos will follow.
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The @europeanOSacademy‘s Excellence in Open Source Award 2026 goes to @gregkh #opensource #OSAwards #eosawards26, presented by @bagder. #linux
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Here's @bagder getting the #EOSAwards26 started at the magnificent Solvay Library in Brussels.
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Is software ever done? When I started writing this I assumed the answer was yes, but by the time I finished, I'm not sure anything is ever done (not just software)
https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/01-is-software-ever-done/
@lina unfortunately not, but there will be a recording for after the fact. I will push for live streaming future versions
Here is the venue for the award ceremony tonight. The Solvay library.
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