Chainguard aims to improve stewardship of mature open source projects

What happens to open source projects when they reach maturity? When a project has fulfilled its purpose and become foundational to customer workloads, it no longer requires a roadmap of sweeping changes. What it needs is safe, predictable maintenance after the creators have moved on. However, it remains essential that stays OSS safe and supported when its maintainers are ready to step away, or the project no longer needs constant upkeep. To address this challenge Chainguard is launching EmeritOSS, a model for supporting mature open source projects and long-term OSS sustainability for the community. EmeritOSS provides stability-focused maintenance for select… [Continue Reading]