“The Budget hasn’t delivered much upon the promise that the UK tech sector can be evolved into the next Silicon Valley – with the budget offering little to enable skills building or to build on the current tax breaks for serious investors. Although the introduction of the new £5k individual ISA for investment in the […]

“When the godfather of open source declares that the initiative has failed, what’s next for a movement that has succeeded in deploying its software in over 96 percent of modern IT stacks?” Ann-Marie Corvin reports on her conversations with Bruce Perens and Amanda Brock at State of Open Con 24.

“Our licenses aren’t working. 1/3 of paid-for Linux systems are now sold with the GPL circumvention, prohibiting redistribution of source code. That’s billions of dollars in business.” – Bruce Perens Amanda Brock was mentioned in this article.

“The openness of agencies like CISA to work with us and not against us, is really heartening.” – Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock also explained: “The UK’s late mover advantage on tech regulation puts the nation in a uniquely advantageous position to learn from other nations who were quick to regulate, and to find an agile, flexible middle ground that puts the needs of the tech community first, whilst safely managing any risks. Inevitably, the key opportunity

“I’ve worked in the tech sector a long time and when you walk into a room that has a diverse audience, you can immediately feel the difference. There’s a different frequency that those rooms operate at. That energy in those rooms creates the buzz of diverse opinions reflective of our diverse society that enable development

“Open source is the submarine under the digital economy. Number one in Europe by number of software developers and by GitHub accounts, the UK already has a significant open source population across its rural and urban areas contributing to open source, both code and other skills. In 2022, open source contributed 27% to the UK