"In 2026, Software Heritage is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Software Heritage and [the INRIA] have decided to set up a special display: a Source Code Exhibition."
https://www.sourcecode-exhibition.softwareheritage.org/introduction/
Most of the art pieces art cool, go see them!
I’m still disappointed that they only considered *procedural* code, and desk-rejected *declarative* code. This is a sad editorial misunderstanding of what "source code" is :-(
Welcoming @benhermann at #SoftwareHeritage headquarters today, to talk about « What We Learned in 15 Years of #ArtifactEvaluation » #research #digitalpreservation #softwareEngineering
https://www.softwareheritage.org/2026/02/18/swhid-car/ (Why you may want to put a SWHID in your next car)
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In the world of high-stakes automotive engineering, road safety is increasingly a software problem.
For Wendi Urribarri, Process and Safety Engineer at Woven by Toyota, the solution lies in the cryptographic DNA of the car’s codebase.
She argues that the SoftWare Hash Identifier (SWHID) could become a critical safety feature: by providing an immutable, verifiable fingerprint for every component in a vehicle’s massive software stack, SWHIDs ensure that the code running on the road is exactly what was vetted in the lab.
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#SoftwareHeritage #SWHID
« there are the systemic drivers:
• FAIR data mandates from funders
• Open-lab notebook movements
• Persistent Identifier (PID) expansion into every layer of research
• Preprint-to-publication workflows that treat research as a continuum
All of these point toward a future where the “unit of science” is no longer a PDF but a rich, evolving digital object grounded in data, workflows, and provenance. »
🧐 Guess what?
‣ #Guix and #Nix are designed around Persistent IDentifier (PID) for dealing with reproducible computational environments.
‣ Software Hash IDentifier (#SWHID) proposed by #SoftwareHeritage folk provides a Persistent IDentifier (PID) for source code.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/05/back-to-the-article-of-the-future-an-interview-with-sami-benchekroun-and-rod-cookson/
#ReproducibleResearch #OpenScience
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« #SoftwareHeritage expands mirror network to Spain »
These distributed nodes are designed to ensure data redundancy and load distribution, protecting the archive’s accessibility against technical, commercial, or geopolitical disruptions.
https://www.softwareheritage.org/2026/02/05/software-heritage-mirror-network-spain/
#SWH #OpenSource #ReproducibleResearch
At #FOSDEM this weekend? Find us in building K on Sunday—we'll be hanging out and talking about how to archive & protect your work for the long haul.
#FOSS #OpenSource #SoftwareHeritage #coderescue
Thanks @swheritage for this #SoftwareHeritage symposium.
Great day! Nice program with speakers from a wide range of expertise sharing their perspectives. 🤩
Fruitful discussions around. 👍
Interesting Source Code Exhibition; my favorite: story of Git Stash. 🧐
Last but not least, cherry on the top: yeah the cake! 🥳
Thank you!
https://www.sourcecode-exhibition.softwareheritage.org/in-case-of-emergency-git-stash
Oh I'm just discovering https://whatsrc.org/
Thanks discussion around a ☕ break at #SoftwareHeritage summit.
🤔 Could it be some complement of what Disarchive of #Guix provides?
Problème intéressant pour #SoftwareHeritage : si le code a été généré par un LLM, est-ce sensé d'archiver le code plutôt que le « prompt », qui est le vrai code source ?
Archiver le code traditionnel peut vite faire déborder l'archive, si les LLM regénèrent tout le code à chaque fois que le prompt change.
« In 2026, Software Heritage (@swheritage) is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Software Heritage and Inria have decided to set up a special display : a Source Code Exhibition. »
Glad to attend #SoftwareHeritage symposium.
Hey, happy birthday! 🥳
Impressive track for these past 10 years.
Cannot wait to see next. 🤩
Roberto di Cosmo fait remarquer que le logiciel libre court un gros risque à être hébergé essentiellement sur Github. (70,7 % de ce qui est archivé par #SoftwareHeritage)
Allez, du code en Rust pour #SoftwareHeritage https://www.swhid.org/implementations/
Donc, même si Framasoft devient Evil et est racheté par Palantir, le logiciel qui y était hébergé reste accessible à l'humanité pour les siècles à venir.
Bon, pendant les discours de #SWH2026, si vous ne connaissez pas l'excellent travail de #SoftwareHeritage , c'est l'occasion de s'instruire : https://www.softwareheritage.org/
Exemple de logiciel archivé (depuis Framagit) : https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/?origin_url=https://framagit.org/bortzmeyer/blaeu.git
Bon, début de #SWH2026, le symposium sur les 10 ans de #SoftwareHeritage.
Roberto di Cosmo présente les goodies imprimés en 3D.
Le DG de l'UNESCO bat le record du discours le plus court.
Around 15 years ago, I am having diner with @rdicosmo in Porto Alegre, after a great day at a FLOSS event. Roberto explains to me his project of a center for research on FLOSS in Paris, and the various ideas around software heritage, research and such.
Congrats #SoftwareHeritage for this 10 years anniversary!
Bonjour, Paris !
Aujourd'hui, le symposium pour les 10 ans de #SoftwareHeritage et le lancement de l'#expositionCodeSource (avec entre autres un T-shirt).
https://www.softwareheritage.org/2025/11/25/software_heritage_2026_symposium_summit/
Avec l’#UNESCO, #Inria consolide la bibliothèque mondiale du logiciel, infrastructure stratégique de la souveraineté numérique.
#SoftwareHeritage
« Comme Wikipédia, OpenStreetMap et tant d’autres, Software Heritage est l’un des grands #Communs numériques de l’Humanité. C’est non seulement une archive vivante de notre histoire commune, [...] mais aussi une ressource stratégique pour une souveraineté numérique partagée. »
