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7 Reasons Why Free Software Is Losing Influence
Five years ago, when most of the Java code was released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), Sun Microsystems took care to enlist the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in the announcement, collecting approving statements from Richard Stallman, the president of the FSF, and Eben Moglen, its legal counsel. Read More »
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7 Reasons Why Free Software Is Losing Influence
Five years ago, when most of the Java code was released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), Sun Microsystems took care to enlist the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in the announcement, collecting approving statements from Richard Stallman, the president of the FSF, and Eben Moglen, its legal counsel.
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Busted For Dodging Linux License, Samsung Makes Nice With Free Code
Samsung has released software that could help a brand new class of storage devices work with Linux-based smartphones and computers. Read More »
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Choosing the Best License for Your Open Source Software Project
You need sound coding skills to create good software, but the success of an open source project can also depend on something much less glamorous: your choice of software license. Read More »
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Copyleft Can’t Undo Copyright
As Black Duck’s in-house counsel, I talk to many lawyers representing our customers and in the Global 2000 generally. I’ve found that there is a common misperception around the impact of the GPL on IP that is worth clearing up. Read More »
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Docker And The Rise Of Open Source
There’s never been a phenomenon like Docker. Eighteen months ago, the company took its core technology, which enables IT people to move software easily between different machines by enclosing it in “containers”, and made it open source...
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FSF Uses Unproven Compliance Issue to Promote GPLv3
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), in its quest to promote version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL) over the GPLv2, has joined the chorus of observers who have made broad hints that vendors within the Android operating system ecosystem are guilty of some violation of the GPLv2. Read More »
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GitHub's Wild West Approach To Licensing Has Hidden Costs
The GitHub generation doesn't seem to like the bother of licenses, but is it prepared to stomach the costs? Read More »
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How To Choose Your Open Source Hardware License
It’s always tricky when you create something: a complex project, a commercial product or just an hack and then you must decide what license you should use for that, for releasing it to the public... Read More »
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Open Source Leads The Way Into The Cloud
Virtualization is now a well-established technology in enterprise computing. And in virtualization, VMware is the established leader. But virtualization has begat cloud computing and now the field of play in cloud computing is far more open thanks to open source technologies. Read More »
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Open Source Needs To Clean Up Its Language
The licensing terms 'weak copyleft,' 'strong copyleft,' and 'permissive' are confusing. Here are my proposed alternatives Read More »
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Open Source Project Builds Mobile Networks Without Big Carriers
Data centers, mobile phones, and the software industry have all been changed by open source. Are mobile networks next?
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Ruby Project Ditches GPL in Favour of BSD
Ruby 1.9.3-p0, the first release in the new stable series, was released last night, but in addition to several new features and improvements - including better support for library loading, and locking in multi-threaded programs and support for Unicode 6.0 - comes with a change in licensing. Read More »
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The Money In Open-Source Software
It’s no secret that open-source technology — once the province of radicals, hippies and granola eaters — has gone mainstream. According to industry estimates, more than 180 young companies that give away their software raised roughly $3.2 billion in financing from 2011 to 2014. Even major enterprise-IT vendors are relying on open-source for critical business functions today. It’s a big turnaround from the days when former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer famously called the open-source Linux operating system “a cancer” (and obviously a threat to Windows)...
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To Be Permissive Or Not To Be Permissive, That Is The Question For Open Source Licensors
A new study of open source project growth suggests that choosing a permissive license can help your community to grow faster...
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