FLOSS Weekly 574

RIP John Conway and COVID-19 Open Source Applications

This week on FLOSS Weekly, Randal Schwartz, Jonathan Bennett, and Dan Lynch talk about current news within the realm of open-source.

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Links

• GitHub Sharply Slashes Plan Pricing, Offers Core Features For Free to All
• John Conway, Inventor of the Game of Life, Has Died of COVID-19
• xkcd
• New Qt Releases Possibly Restricted to Paying Customers for 12 Months, KDE Not Particularly Happy
• More Open-Source Participants Are Backing A Possible Fork Of Qt
• Fedora 33's "Enterprise Linux Next" Effort Approved - Testbed For Raising CPU Requirements, Etc
• Excited About Ubuntu 20.04? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
• Medical Device “Jailbreak” Could Help Solve the Dangerous Shortage of Ventilators
• What Does a Dependable Open Source Ventilator Look Like?
• Professional Ventilator Design Open Sourced Today by Medtronic
• Nih Approved 3d-Printed Face Shield Design for Hospitals Running out of PPE