🏆 Eclipse Qrisp has won the Quantum Effects Award 2026 in the Quantum Computing Software & Algorithms category. The award recognises the work of @fraunhoferfokus and the Eclipse Qrisp community in advancing practical, high-level quantum software development: hubs.la/Q04BR-w20  #HPC #QuantumComputing #QuantumSoftware

Registration for @ocxconf is officially open! 🎟️ Join us in Brussels on 13–15 April 2027 for three days of open source, technical sessions, new ideas, and conversations with developers, maintainers, researchers, and industry leaders from across the ecosystem. Secure your spot at an early bird price: hubs.la/Q04BR_wZ0 #OCX27 #DeveloperConference #BrusselsConference #OpenSourceProjects

AI agents can write code, run tests and submit pull requests. But does that give them the authority to make decisions in an open source project? In a new article for Techstrong Council, @t_mashologu explores what happens when AI agents begin participating in open source communities and why governance needs to become understandable to both humans and machines. The key distinction: an agent's ability to act does not give it the authority to decide. Community governance must still determine what agents can do, when human approval is required and who remains accountable. 📖 Read his article "When agents join the community" 👉 hubs.ly/Q04BRRyj0 #AIAgents #OpenGovernance #SoftwareDevelopment

🥁 New project release! Eclipse INCEpTION offers a browser-based platform for semantic text annotation. Text annotation is the task of adding structured information to documents: marking which spans mention a person, a disease or a gene, recording how those mentions relate to each other, and linking each one to a concept in a knowledge base. Learn more about this project 👉 hubs.ly/Q04BHw880 #SemanticAnnotation #CloudNativePlatformEngineering #NaturalLanguageProcessing

AI can help developers write code faster. But are we also making sure it helps them become better engineers? In this blog, Christopher Guindon explores an important challenge for software engineering teams: how to embrace AI-assisted development without losing the problem-solving experience that builds technical judgement. 📖 Read the article 👉 hubs.la/Q04BHwyk0 #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperProductivity #EngineeringLeadership

🥁 Sponsorship opportunities are now available for: ➡️ Code & Compliance | 27 October 2026, Brussels ➡️ @JakartaOneConf | 1 December 2026, virtual ➡️ @ocxconf | 13–15 April 2027, Brussels This article explains where your organisation could have the greatest impact: hubs.ly/Q04BmD5r0  #OpenSourceEvents #EnterpriseJava #SoftwareCompliance #DeveloperRelations #Java

Join the inaugural Open Technology Suppliers Forum webinar on 21 October to explore the next evolution of the DSSC Toolbox and its new methodology for assessing data space interoperability. The session will feature a live demonstration of the updated platform's look and feel, providing a first glimpse into how software solutions and services will be practically evaluated. Register 👉​ hubs.la/Q04zvJzl0 #DataSpaceInteroperability #OpenDataInfrastructure #CloudNativePlatformPolicy

🎉 Eclipse SW360 has graduated to mature status! For over a decade, the Eclipse SW360 community has worked to develop an open source solution for managing software components and compliance information across organisations. SW360 provides a central catalogue for tracking software components, licences, projects, bills of materials, and vulnerability information. It also integrates with tools such as FOSSology to support software analysis and compliance workflows. Its graduation recognises the project's technical development and the community's commitment to open, collaborative processes. Congratulations to the Eclipse SW360 team and everyone who has contributed to this milestone! Learn more about the graduation: hubs.la/Q04z-Hxy0 Explore the project: hubs.la/Q04z-HRG0  #SoftwareCompositionAnalysis #SoftwareCompliance #SBOM #SoftwareDevelopment

💻 When you sponsor the #EclipseFdn, you help fund the infrastructure, security, and community support that keep 400+ open source projects thriving. Whether it’s a small one-time contribution or a larger commitment, every contribution matters. And with multi-currency support, you can contribute in the way that works best for you, wherever you are in the world. 🌟 Help sustain the technologies you depend on. Sponsor now: hubs.la/Q04B61cG0 #OpenSourceFunding #OpenSourceSponsorship

📢 Missed our October Eclipse Foundation Office Hours? The recording is now available! hubs.la/Q04Bn9VJ0 Denis Roy and Carmen Delgado covered two important topics for committers and contributors: 🔹 Engaging with the Eclipse Foundation IT Team: Denis Roy explained how to engage with the IT team, use the Help Desk, and request support for services including CI/CD tools, website hosting, and infrastructure. 🔹 Eclipse Project Sponsorship Pilot Program: Carmen Delgado introduced a new initiative to help Eclipse Foundation projects outside working groups access funding for development, infrastructure, community support, and committers. 📅 Want to join the next Office Hours? Check the calendar: hubs.la/Q04Bn9VK0 #OpenSourceCommunity #DeveloperTools #ProjectSustainability

📢 The world’s first Structured Glossary of Embedded AI is now available in English! Developed by Embedded France’s Embedded AI Working Group in collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation and five other partner organisations, this open resource brings together more than 300 definitions across 13 chapters. It covers everything from AI models and hardware architectures to testing, certification, trustworthy AI and emerging concepts such as physical AI and agentic AI. 📚 Read the glossary: hubs.la/Q04BfSTw0 🔍 Check the press release: hubs.la/Q04BfS_Q0 #EmbeddedAI #ArtificialIntelligence #PhysicalAI #TrustworthyAI

The 2027 State of Open Source survey is open! By sharing your experience with open source, you’re helping shape one of the most comprehensive reports in the industry. Every completed response from Eclipse Foundation members helps unlock a bigger donation from @perforce to @BlackGirlsCode! Complete the survey 👉 hubs.la/Q04z-Rpn0 #OpenSourceSurvey #OpenSourceResearch #OpenSourceGovernance

Heading to IoT Tech Expo Europe this October? The Eclipse Foundation is an Associate Partner of the event, and our community can register with a 20% discount on Gold Passes using the code: ECLIPSE20 While you’re there, join Juan Rico for the Learning Hub workshop “Responsible for code you didn’t write: strategic compliance for open source supply chains.” 📍 See you in Amsterdam on 19–20 October 2026. Join us! 👉 hubs.la/Q04y802x0 (hubs.la/Q04y802x0) #CyberResilienceAct #Compliance #SoftwareSecurity #SoftwareSupplyChain #opensource @TechEx_Event

🎉 Four Eclipse Technology projects have graduated to mature status! Congratulations to Eclipse SW360, Eclipse Tycho, Eclipse Apoapsis, and Eclipse Common Security Infrastructure (CSI) on reaching this important milestone. Thank you to the committers, contributors, project leads, and communities who made this possible! Learn more: hubs.la/Q04z-FRB0  #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools #SoftwareSupplyChain #OpenSourceProjects

🎤 On 9 December 2026, Gaël Blondelle, VP Community Operations & Secretary at the Eclipse Foundation, will take the stage at Open Source Experience in Paris for a keynote on building a vendor-neutral, European open source AI stack. His session, “Building the European open source AI stack: a vendor-neutral foundation for Europe”, will look at the technologies and open governance needed to support AI sovereignty in Europe, including @Open VSX, Eclipse LMOS, Eclipse PanEval, Eclipse Enclave, and Eclipse Edge. The keynote will be held in French, from 4:20-4:40 PM CET in Paris. Join us at the event 👉 hubs.la/Q04z6Y0F0 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenGovernance #EuropeanAI #AIstack

🎉 Eclipse Qrisp, an open source framework for high-level quantum programming initiated by @fraunhoferfokus, has won the Quantum Effects Award 2026! Read the press release ➡️ hubs.la/Q04z-C_L0 #HPC #QuantumComputing #QuantumSoftware

The State of Open Source in the Global South report showcased powerful insights, but the full picture comes from those living it every day. The webinar “Unveiling the State of OSS in the Global South” shares perspectives on how open source is used in the Global South and the realities developers face across the region. 📺 Watch the recording: hubs.la/Q04z-tdD0 🌍 Explore more stories: hubs.la/Q04z-ttK0 #GlobalVoicesOSS #CodeFromTheSouth #DeveloperCommunities

As Eclipse Foundation Executive Director @mmilinkov puts it, model weights alone do not necessarily provide the transparency, control, or independent governance organisations may need. That point is picked up by Amit Eyal Govrin in his latest article examining the Sovereign AI Foundation. He explores what sovereignty looks like beyond access to a model, including infrastructure, governance, the ability to change direction, and the technologies organisations actually deploy. Read Amit’s perspective ➡️ hubs.la/Q04z8ccL0 #DigitalSovereignty #AIGovernance #DigitalInfrastructure

🎉 Congratulations to Leonardo Rossetti (Red Hat) on winning a free ticket to Open Community Experience (OCX), taking place in Brussels on 13–15 April 2027! 🎟️ Want to win a ticket too? Join our next Office Hours session on 12 November for your chance to win a free pass to OCX 2027. 📅 Mark your calendar: hubs.la/Q04zKb1L0 #OpenSourceSoftware #DeveloperEvent #SoftwareDevelopment

Many organisations already have software security measures. The harder question is whether those measures are visible, repeatable, and documented. That is one of the patterns emerging from early use of the OCCTET CRA Self-Assessment Portal. The new OCCTET toolkit is designed around that implementation gap, helping SMEs understand where they stand and connect assessment with software composition analysis, vulnerability management, SBOMs, VEX, and compliance evidence. The tools are free, open source, and available for organisations and projects to test today. 🌐 Learn more:  hubs.ly/Q04zvhNf0 #CyberResilienceAct #CRA #SoftwareSecurity #SBOM #Cybersecurity