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Brian Greenberg :verified:<p>⚠️ Legal alert: Broadcom is issuing cease-and-desist letters to VMware perpetual-license users 🚨</p><p>📄 Perpetual-license agreements deemed non-compliant<br>🛑 Users must migrate to subscriptions or face legal action<br>🔒 Broadcom cites IP infringement and support violations<br>💡 Action: Audit your license status and plan your upgrade path now</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VMware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VMware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Broadcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broadcom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compliance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ITsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SoftwareLicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareLicensing</span></a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Focusing on the wrong open source issues - If you follow open source topics on X/Twitter, you can be forgiven for believing the b... - <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3715386/focusing-on-the-wrong-open-source-issues.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infoworld.com/article/3715386/</span><span class="invisible">focusing-on-the-wrong-open-source-issues.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/technologyindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technologyindustry</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork - OpenTofu’s founders had a mission. Upset by HashiCorp licensing changes in August 2023... - <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infoworld.com/article/3714980/</span><span class="invisible">opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Ensuring the open source moment continues - Back in the 2000s, we talked about open source a lot—perhaps too much. We fought about... - <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714784/ensuring-the-open-source-moment-continues.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infoworld.com/article/3714784/</span><span class="invisible">ensuring-the-open-source-moment-continues.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/technologyindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technologyindustry</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Open source needs to catch up in 2024 - Open source pioneer Bruce Perens gets one thing right and most things wrong in a recen... - <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711881/open-source-needs-to-catch-up-in-2024.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infoworld.com/article/3711881/</span><span class="invisible">open-source-needs-to-catch-up-in-2024.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/emergingtechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergingtechnology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cloudcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloudcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Rethinking open source for AI - We keep using the term “open source” in the context of large language models (LLMs) li... - <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706091/rethinking-open-source-for-ai.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infoworld.com/article/3706091/</span><span class="invisible">rethinking-open-source-for-ai.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/neuralnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuralnetworks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>HashiCorp’s software license turns realpolitik - Well, that was awkward. In July I wrote&nbsp;about shifts in the open source licensing land... - <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704809/hashicorps-software-license-turns-realpolitik.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infoworld.com/article/3704809/</span><span class="invisible">hashicorps-software-license-turns-realpolitik.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/technologyindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technologyindustry</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cloudcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloudcomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe for bundling Teams with M365 - Microsoft is facing an antitrust probe in Europe for bundling Teams with Microsoft 365... - <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3703668/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-probe-for-bundling-teams-with-m365.html#tk.rss_all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerworld.com/article/3703</span><span class="invisible">668/microsoft-faces-eu-antitrust-probe-for-bundling-teams-with-m365.html#tk.rss_all</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a></p>
NetLicensing<p>Labs64 - Innovations Delivered</p><p><a href="https://www.labs64.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">labs64.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarelicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelicensing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/laas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/licensing_as_a_service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>licensing_as_a_service</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/licensemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>licensemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labs64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labs64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netlicensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netlicensing</span></a></p>
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