Software Heritage

Software Heritage

@softwareheritage.org

We collect, preserve, and share #software #sourcecode for present and future generations. #swh #softwarecommons #freesoftware #opensource

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Software Heritage
@softwareheritage.org

🎥 The #CodeCommons annual review is online! ~70 participants, 13 talks: archive enrichment, code similarity search, CodeGraph, datasets on AdAstra & more. Videos, slides & photos 👇 #SoftwareHeritage #OpenSource #ResponsibleAI

softwareheritage.orgCodeCommons annual review - 2026-09-28 - Software HeritageCodeCommons’ plenary meeting took place at the Inria Paris Centre on September 28th, 2026. The day fostered rich exchanges among project partners, policymakers and industry representatives on the challenges and opportunities shaping open, responsible and transparent AI.
Software Heritage
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A country’s standing in global #OpenSource isn’t bought — it’s built. Our State of Public Code report shows public code contribution is tied more closely to digital maturity than to wealth alone. https://www.softwareheritage.org/2026/07/01/public_code_2026_launch/ #GovTech #FOSS #OSS

softwareheritage.orgThe world’s first government open source insights report launches at UN Open Source Week - Software HeritageThe first State of Public Code report offers a global, evidence-based view of how governments use and contribute to open-source software.

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Sovereign Tech Agency
@sovereign.tech

📣  The new Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Open Digital Infrastructure is kicking off on Monday, July 27! Critical open source infrastructure crosses national borders, and the policies and resources that support it need international coordination. (1/4)

Software Heritage
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Your code matters. To help ensure it's preserved for future use & study, we made it simple to contribute directly to the Software Heritage Archive. Whether it's a public repo URL or research code, secure its place in history. Find out how: #OpenSource

softwareheritage.orgSave code now with Software Heritage - Software HeritageDon’t let your code disappear. Secure your code with the Software Heritage “Save Code Now” feature. Ensure your projects are preserved.
Software Heritage
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From dependence to resilience: Digital sovereignty for software https://www.softwareheritage.org/2026/06/26/dependence-to-resilience-digital-sovereignty-software/

softwareheritage.orgFrom dependence to resilience: Digital sovereignty for software - Software HeritageRoberto Di Cosmo returned to the University of Pisa — where he studied in the 1980s — to make the case that Europe’s digital sovereignty debate is missing its most critical pillar: software. A talk on fragility, dependency, and why resilience is not the same thing as control.
Software Heritage
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What are we missing when we talk about ethics and research in the digital age? Roberto Di Cosmo reframed the "data altruism" debate by shifting the focus to something more foundational: the code. #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource

softwareheritage.orgNo science without source: Collecting, preserving and sharing software in a risky world - Software HeritageRoberto Di Cosmo reframes data altruism to address the critical, missing pillar of digital sovereignty: the preservation of software code.

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Open Regulatory Compliance
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The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is changing software development and distribution. 📅 Mandatory reporting starts 11 September 2026, now is the time to prepare. Get up to speed with free, practical training from the new ORC Learning Hub: orcwg.org/training/ #CyberResilienceAct #OpenSource

Software Heritage
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We’ve published the world’s first government #OpenSource insights report. It looks at how governments are using open source to deliver public services + opportunities and challenges ahead. More on the State of Public Code: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2026/07/01/public_code_2026_launch/

softwareheritage.orgThe world’s first government open source insights report launches at UN Open Source Week - Software HeritageThe first State of Public Code report offers a global, evidence-based view of how governments use and contribute to open-source software.
Software Heritage
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Always great to see the #SWHID in the wild ⭐ Ambassador Mohammad Akhlaghi shared a new #MNRAS paper detailing a rare nebula discovery that's challenging astrophysics models—backed by permanently archived, citable code. Read it here: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.24398

doi.orgDiscovery of a nebula associated with a high proper motion sdB starAll B-type subdwarf stars (hereafter sdB) should have low flux of ionizing photons, making them incapable of producing a noticeable circumstellar photoionized shell. However, a few sdB stars have been associated with circumstellar nebulae, resembling in some cases a planetary nebula. These discoveries spark doubts about the nature of the physical processes behind the formation of the nebula. In this paper, we describe the newfound parabolic-shaped nebula associated with the high proper motion sdB star TYC 3315-1807-1. The apex of the Halpha nebula is situated approximately 0.5 arcmin in the direction of the stellar proper motion. A wider parabolic-shaped nebula is also detected in WISE W1 infrared images at 3.4 micron, whereas GALEX images show extended far-UV emission around the star within the optical and mid-IR emissions. Like most other sdB stars with associated nebulae, TYC 3315-1807-1 moves at a high-speed (102 km/s) across the Galactic plane. The low luminosity of TYC 3315-1807-1 cannot provide its wind with the momentum necessary to form and keep a bow shock. The nebula around TYC 3315-1807-1 is rather suggested to be a Mach wave partially excited by shocks and photoionization or the encounter of the star with an over-density clump in the ISM.

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Sovereign Tech Agency
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Reflecting on his organization’s ten year history, Bastien Guerry, Head of Partnerships at Software Heritage noted that sustaining open source is not only about preserving code, but also about strengthening the infrastructure and services that make collaboration, maintenance, and reuse possible.

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Scuola Normale Superiore
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SNS alumnus Roberto Di Cosmo is a Professor of Computer Science at Université Paris Cité and founder of Software Heritage, the global archive of publicly available source code developed at Inria with UNESCO. He is also an EELISA Voice for the Scuola Normale Superiore. @eelisa.eu

Software Heritage
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Roberto Di Cosmo is on a panel at #VivaTech today, 2pm CET — digital sovereignty through open infrastructure, with Meredith Whittaker, Adriana Groh, Henri Verdier, Luca Belli. https://vivatech.com/sessions/session/6a3958c7-2a60-f111-8fcb-6045bd954326 #OpenSource

vivatech.comFree, Open and Commons: New Paths to Sovereignty - [Session VivaTech] - Theme: undefinedLocation: Sovereignty Arena - June 17 2:00 PM 2:55 PM - CET | Resume: At a time when key technologies are concentrated in the hands of a few global actors, sovereignty is most often thought of in terms of competition between powers. But what if it could be built differently? From digital commons - code, data, open infrastructures - emerges an approach of shared digital sovereignty, more collective, more interoperable, and more sustainable, as an alternative to the logic of rivalry.

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Grand Labo
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REPLAY - Sauvegarder les logiciels scientifiques, pour quoi faire ? Dans cet épisode de Grand Labo, on recevait Roberto Di Cosmo, fondateur de Software Heritage, qui s'est donné pour mission de lutter contre l'obsolescence des logiciels. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDwT...

youtube.comIl archive le code source de TOUS les logiciels libres en science.Sans logiciel, pas de science moderne ! Mais jusqu'à récemment, le précieux code source des logiciels libres utilisés dans la science pouvait disparaitre sans qu'on y prenne garde : oublié sur un…