Category: 1.2 Open Source (Industry)
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Why Self-Enlightened Contribution to Open Source Projects is Difficult
Self-enlightened contributions to open source projects are (code) contributions that come about because a company chooses to contribute. The opposite is forced open sourcing, which typically happens when a reciprocal license like the GPLv2 forces a company to lay open some source code. Self-enlightened contribution is hard! Here are three examples that might make a…
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Open source license compliance⸺Why and how? (Hendrik Schoettle, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the third article in the new open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source License Compliance⸺Why and How? Keywords Open-source software, licenses, software packages Authors Hendrik Schoettle, Osborne Clarke, Munich, Germany Publication Computer vol. 52, no. 8 (August 2019), pp. 63-67 Abstract: Compliance with open source…
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License-Compliant Delivery Seminar and Handbook
I’m proud to report that we are finally providing our license compliance seminar to the general public: License-compliant Delivery of Software Products That Use Open Source Software (both a seminar and a handbook). Feel free to contact me if you are interested.
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Free and open source software licenses explained (Miriam Ballhausen, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the second article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Free and Open Source Software Licenses Explained Keywords Open source software, licenses, computer security Authors Miriam Ballhausen, Bird & Bird, LLP Publication Computer vol. 52, no. 10 (June 2019), pp. 82-86 Abstract: This installment of…
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How to Convince Your Management of the Need for an Open Source Program Office
Here is the simplest eye-opener that I have found in my consulting practice to convince management of the need for an open source program office: Ask your manager to look at the open source license section under legal notices on their mobile phone. Ask them to scroll down to the end (they’ll never finish). Then…
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Time to Curb Your Open Source Wording
I view open source mostly from an economic perspective. From this point of view, some of the words people use are curious. For example, people like to talk about “giving back” to the community or “donating a project” to the public. These idioms have community building power, like insider speak among those who speak it,…