It’s the first week of 2012 and the open source world is starting the year off with a bang! Apache has launched Hadoop 1.0, Mozilla released the MPL 2.0 and NASA has started a new website to host their open source projects and encourage discussions around open source. Here is a sample of these stories and more:
- The Apache Foundation’s announcement of Hadoop version 1.0 was covered in Darryl K. Taft’s article, “Apache Launches Hadoop 1.0,” on eWeek.
- Ben Woods blogged on ZDNetUK about the Mozilla Public License version 2.0 release: “Mozilla Pushes out MPL 2.0.”
- The news of NASA’s new open source site, Code.nasa.gov, was reported in “NASA Promotes Open Source With New Website” by Elizabeth Montalbano on InformationWeek.
- On Highlight Health 2.0, Walter Jessen published “Open Source Drug Discovery for Malaria” about an open source project that provides online knowledge exchange tools for biomedical researchers.
- UKauthorITy.com published “Security ‘Misunderstandings’ remain Open Source Barrier,” by Dan Jellinek, on the misconceptions about security risks with using open source software in government.
Since 2011 has now come to a close, it seems everyone is making predictions for open source trends in 2012. So why shouldn’t you? Make your own open source predictions by answering our recent poll and share in the comments box what open source trends you think will be big in 2012.
