Yet, understanding of open source software values is scarce. Companies and businesses will often ignore their licensing requirements, and even many developers aren't aware of the licenses they operate under. Whether you're a developer, tech enthusiast, business leader, or just an interested party,...
Free software and the Open Source movement can no longer be ignored by the commercial software world. No one other than a few zealots expect that all software will adopt the Open Source model, but it's clear that free software will be finding its way into many development organizations. If...
Every user is accessing software to cater to different needs, but most of them are not aware of the software licensing mechanism, the disadvantages of using "traditional proprietary" software and freedom of using Free and Open Source Software License. In this paper we studied different software ...
especially for individual plugin developers who don’t have a team of lawyers. There’s a variety of licenses with different conditions and implications. To help you get a handle on open-source licensing, we’ve prepared a short introduction that may...
Frequently, attorneys within companies are opposed to the use of open source software for reasons that are heartfelt and seemingly logical. This article reduces the fear-uncertainty-doubt factor by clarifying the legal issues associated with open source licensing. In most ways, open source licenses ...
FOSSA's Editorial Team creates content on the wonderful world of open source software. The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is a weak copyleft open source license maintained by the Eclipse Foundation. There are two versions of the EPL — the original EPL-1.0, which was released in 2004, and the...
See what the popular copyleft open source software license GPL v2 requires, allows, and prohibits of users.
# Firestorm Development Open-Source License _Version 0.1_ This software is licensed under the Firestorm Development Open-Source License, which is a dual-licensing under the BSD and MIT license. Pursuant to these terms, you may use this softwar...
The other category is permissive licenses. These allow developers to use the original software in any project they want without licensing any changed versions under the original terms. This allows developers to create a new product based on the original software. ...
The overall argument of the book is that open source licensing has indeed changed the ways the software industry thinks of and actually uses intellectual property.The thesis further argues that the implications of open source to the management of intellectual property are twofold. First, intellectual...