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subfictional.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article critiques the push for new open source licenses like the Hippocratic License, arguing that they are not necessary for building communities around shared values. It highlights the importance of understanding the foundations of FOSS, engaging in practical community-building, and collaborating rather than imposing singular visions. The author emphasizes that existing licenses and the global commons already provide a framework for contributing to shared values, and that focusing on legal and community efforts outside of licensing is more effective. The piece also stresses the need for collective, evidence-based approaches over individual heroism in driving change. | |
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ntietz.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] This blog post explores the significance of open source licenses, particularly the AGPL and copyleft licenses, and how they reflect the values of developers and the open source community. | |
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katedowninglaw.com
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| | | | | The past year and a half has seen a number of open source and open source-ish companies like Elastic, Confluent, and MongoDB change licenses on certain products, moving away from traditional open source licenses such as Apache 2.0 and towards proprietary, source-available, or ultra copyleft licenses. These companies, lets call them middleware companies, were responding | |
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katedowninglaw.com
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| | | A very common question I get from corporate clients is whether they should use Developer's Certificates of Origin (DCOs) or contributor agreements for their open source projects. I'll refer to both contributor licensing agreements (like Apache's) and contributor copyright assignment agreements (like MongoDB's) as "CLAs" here. In short, the answer is that DCOs work... | ||
