Category: 1. Software Industry
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What now, open source infrastructure startups?
It took exactly eight days for the Linux Foundation to announce they’ll be hosting a fork of the last open source version of the popular Redis key value store after its owner announced a license change to the SSPLv1, a source-available (non-open-source) license. The fork is well supported by industry heavyweights, and it appears industry…
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How open source licenses increase or curtail reach of the software
Relicensing from a permissive to a copyleft license curtails the potential reach of the open-source software, while relicensing from a copyleft to a permissive license increases its potential reach. In the abstract, this is easy to see: Having less requirements on the use of the software allows more uses and hence increases reach. The confusion,…
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What about skipping the “open source” part in commercial open source?
GitButler, a budding better git client, just announced that it is making its source code available under the Functional Source License (FSL), a source-available/non-compete license. In a tweet, GitButler states that this is open-source software. Previous attempts at calling competition-curbing licenses open source licenses failed, and I expect it won’t be different here. What’s new…
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Finding the right scope for open source development (Nettsträter & Brehler, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 27th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title How to find the right scope for open source developments? Keywords Open-source software, stakeholders, heterogeneous networks, software development management, […] Authors Andreas Nettsträter; Marius Brehler Publication Computer vol. 57, no. 2 (February 2024), pp. 91-94…
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The future of the open source definition [Computer Magazine]
I’m happy to report that the 26th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title The Future of the Open Source Definition Keywords Open source definition Authors Dirk Riehle Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 12 (December 2023), pp. 95-99 Abstract: Many forces pull to change the definitions of what free…
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Conference talk and magazine article for the Open Logistics Foundation
In May 2023, I gave a talk about user-led open source consortia at the Open Logistics Foundation’s (OLF) open source innovation day. In a user-led open source consortium, software users come together to develop or sponsor the development of the software they need to run their business as open-source software. The OLF is an excellent…