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Near the end of most Open Source licenses, usually in capital letters, sits a clause that disclaims almost everything: no warranty, no liability, use at your own risk.
For an organization that depends on that code, the clause is harsh. If the code fails and takes your data or revenue with it, the license owes you nothing. No fix, no refund, and no one to explain what w...
Back in 2019, I wrote that Open Source is not a meritocracy. Meritocracy says talent is the only thing that counts, but that is not true. To contribute, you also need time, a steady income, and a flexible schedule. Plenty of people lack one or more of these.
...Earlier this week, in "Drupal's role in agentic workflows", I argued that Drupal's AI future has two parts: helping people with AI inside Drupal, and helping agents use Drupal from the outside.
So we are
When we started working on the Drupal AI initiative in June 2025, I assumed most AI features would live inside Drupal.
By my
Open Source won the technical argument a long time ago. But it still hasn't solved the funding and sustainability problem, one I've spent much of my career chipping away at.
Now governments around the world are pushing for digital sovereignty: control over critical technolo...