Episode 295: Status Quo Fork

This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need?
Rundown
AGPL
Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3 (https://grafana.com/blog/2021/04/20/grafana-loki-tempo-relicensing-to-agplv3/)
Chris Aniszczyk’s take (https://twitter.com/cra/status/1384671780715913219?s=21)
Another Thread Twitter Thread (https://twitter.com/juliusvolz/status/1384565189249572866?s=21)
Hacking
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective (https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/)
A Twitter Thread on Signal and Celebrate (https://twitter.com/erratarob/status/1385020198697291777?s=21)
Linux kernel developers do not like being experimented on (http://ttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YH%2FfM%[email protected]/)
University of Minnesota hacks the Linux Kernel? (https://twitter.com/umncomputersci/status/1384948683821694976?s=21)
Discord took our advice
Discord Ends Deal Talks With Microsoft (https://www.wsj.com/articles/discord-ends-deal-talks-with-microsoft-11618938806)
Relevant to your interests
Oracle plans $1.2 billion campus in Nashville, creating 8,500 jobs (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-plans-1-2-billion-campus-in-nashville-creating-8-500-jobs-01618437488)
IBM acquires Italy’s myInvenio to integrate process mining directly into its suite of automation tools (https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/15/ibm-acquires-italys-myinvenio-to-integrate-process-mining-directly-into-its-suite-of-automation-tools/)
New York State just passed a law requiring ISPs to offer $15 broadband (https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22388184/new-york-affordable-internet-cost-low-income-price-cap-bill)
Once VMware is free from Dell, who might fancy buying it? – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/18/once-vmware-is-free-from-dell-who-might-fancy-buying-it/)
Proposed acquisition of ARM Limited by NVIDIA Corporation: public interest intervention (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-acquisition-of-arm-limited-by-nvidia-corporation-public-interest-intervention)
Dollars flow to live audio as moderation problems loom (https://www.axios.com/clubhouse-dollars-live-audio-moderation-problems-a972ad6f-22fc-4ebe-9565-9f179fd97c7f.html)
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes off on historic 1st powered flight on another world (https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-first-flight-success)
IBM beats across the board, posts revenue growth after four quarters of declines (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/ibm-earnings-q1-2021.html)
Microsoft’s Visual Studio for Mac getting complete overhaul with native UI and more (https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/19/microsofts-visual-studio-for-mac-overhaul/)
The ascent of Lina Khan, tech antitrust icon (https://www.axios.com/lina-khan-tech-antitrust-icon-84829d38-33d9-4a45-81fe-8600c6aa6bf0.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions (https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/20/22381980/apple-podcasts-app-subscriptions-new-design)
Emerging storage-based cryptocurrency Chia could jack up SSD/HDD prices in the future (https://www.techspot.com/news/89350-emerging-storage-based-cryptocurrency-chia-could-jack-up.html)
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective (https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/)
IBM and IPwe want to issue patents as NFTs and make them easier to monetize (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ibm-and-ipwe-want-to-issue-patents-as-nfts-and-make-them-easier-to-monetize/)
Security Incident Disclosure (https://brew.sh/2021/04/21/security-incident-disclosure/)
Netflix earnings are out – here are the numbers (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/20/netflix-nflx-q1-2021-earnings.html)
Netflix stock craters after subscriber miss — is now a great time to buy? (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netflix-stock-craters-after-subscriber-miss-is-now-a-great-time-to-buy-110254909.html)
Microsoft Edge, Safari, Firefox have no plans for FLoC yet (https://9to5google.com/2021/04/19/microsoft-edge-safari-firefox-floc/)
Why Brave Disables FLoC (https://brave.com/why-brave-disables-floc/)
Nonsense
RIP, Apple TV remote: There’s finally a replacement and it’s only $15 at Amazon (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rip-apple-tv-remote-finally-123730675.html)
LMAO (https://twitter.com/ohlol/status/1383169345455489026?s=21)
Amazon signs with ULA for rockets to launch Jeff Bezos' Kuiper internet satellites (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/amazon-signs-ula-rockets-to-launch-bezos-kuiper-internet-satellites.html)
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This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need?

Rundown

AGPL

Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3
Chris Aniszczyk’s take
Another Thread Twitter Thread

Hacking

Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective
A Twitter Thread on Signal and Celebrate
Linux kernel developers do not like being experimented on
University of Minnesota hacks the Linux Kernel?

Discord took our advice

Discord Ends Deal Talks With Microsoft

Relevant to your interests

Oracle plans $1.2 billion campus in Nashville, creating 8,500 jobs
IBM acquires Italy’s myInvenio to integrate process mining directly into its suite of automation tools
New York State just passed a law requiring ISPs to offer $15 broadband
Once VMware is free from Dell, who might fancy buying it? – TechCrunch
Proposed acquisition of ARM Limited by NVIDIA Corporation: public interest intervention
Dollars flow to live audio as moderation problems loom
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity takes off on historic 1st powered flight on another world
IBM beats across the board, posts revenue growth after four quarters of declines
Microsoft’s Visual Studio for Mac getting complete overhaul with native UI and more
The ascent of Lina Khan, tech antitrust icon
Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions
Emerging storage-based cryptocurrency Chia could jack up SSD/HDD prices in the future
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective
IBM and IPwe want to issue patents as NFTs and make them easier to monetize
Security Incident Disclosure
Netflix earnings are out – here are the numbers
Netflix stock craters after subscriber miss — is now a great time to buy?
Microsoft Edge, Safari, Firefox have no plans for FLoC yet
Why Brave Disables FLoC

Nonsense

RIP, Apple TV remote: There’s finally a replacement and it’s only $15 at Amazon
LMAO
Amazon signs with ULA for rockets to launch Jeff Bezos' Kuiper internet satellites

Sponsors

CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start learning today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Listener Feedback

CloudBees is hiring a Solution Architect, APAC
Nate wants you to attend the AWS Strategic Accounts Solutions Architect Recruiting Event
Jordi wants you to work out Weaveworks — The Original GitOps Company
Read Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
THE THREAD exceeds 4k messages

Conferences

RabbitMQ Summit, July 13-14, 2021.
SpringOne.io, Sep 1st to 2nd - CFP is open until April 23rd.
VMware Tanzu Up Close Virtual Event, April 27, 2021, 10:00am - 5:50pm CET
SpringOne Tour: EMEA dev-fest on April 28th.
CloudNativeCon Europe 2021 - Virtual
SLOConf - Virtual May 17-20

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Brandon: iPad Stand.
Matt: Boyue Likebook P10
Coté: “On Bullshit.”

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