Django 6.0 Ships; DHH Blocks Competitors
Summary
These foundational updates across licensing, standards, and major frameworks signal evolving governance models for modern software development.
- Licensing Shift DHH launches Fizzy under O’Saasy, explicitly blocking competitor use for ‘source available’ software 2.
- AI Protocol Donation Anthropic moves the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the new Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation umbrella 3.
- Framework Release Django 6.0 debuts, featuring continued development for the 20-year-old Python web framework with four headline features 5.
- Public Good Status PeerTube verified as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance, owned by Framasoft 4.
- 20-year-old - Age of the Django Python web framework upon its 6.0 release 5.
- 4 - Headline features introduced in the major Django 6.0 version upgrade 5.
- December 9, 2025 - Date Anthropic donated the Model Context Protocol (MCP) 3.
Key Moments
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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) was donated to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to ensure widespread adoption as a shared standard.
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Django 6.0 includes four headline features, continuing development for the 20-year-old framework.
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Fizzy was released under the O'Saasy license, which explicitly blocks competitor use for 'source available' software.
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PeerTube software has been officially verified as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the DPGA.
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A project to create customized error pages mimicking official Cloudflare error pages was released on GitHub.
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Different Perspectives
Supporting View
DHH argues that 'source available' licenses like O'Saasy are distinct from, and superior to, traditional open source for protecting community control.
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