Dotan Horovits #CNCFAmbassador

1 year ago

Dotan Horovits #CNCFAmbassador
1 year ago

Developers Can Head Off Open Source Licensing Problems | @TheNewStack

thenewstack.io/how-developers-…
#opensource #relicensing #terraform #opentofu #opensearch @Lowrain

How Developers Can Head Off Open Source Licensing Problems - The New Stack

Even the frontend isn't immune to problems with open source licensing. Find out what developers can do to avoid potential headaches.

^{Loraine Lawson (The New Stack)}

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dorotaC

in reply to Dotan Horovits #CNCFAmbassador 1 year ago

More on single-vendor: opensource.net/why-single-vend…

Why single vendor is the new proprietary - OpenSource.net

it’s time to reassert the value of software developed in an open collaboration. Everything else is proprietary. Everything else is a relicensing time bomb.

^{Thierry Carrez (OpenSource.net)}

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Oskar

in reply to dorotaC 1 year ago

@dcz We use reciprocal licenses aka en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft to prevent relicensing.

technique in copyright law of granting freedoms over copies of a work, and over derivative works by using a share-alike provision

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

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