Open source has won -- as a cauldron for innovation as well as a frictionless means of software distribution. So why are we still messing with obscure licensing minutiae? Despite apparent indifference ...

Repeat after me and "="" brasseur"="">, well-known open-source business strategist: "Open source is not a business model." It's a software development model that can be used as part of many business ...

Most people wouldn't know an open-source license from their driver's license. For those who work with open-source software, it's a different story. Open-source license fights can be vicious, cost ...

Open-source license compliance is a sensitive topic. Lawyers and technicians have devoted endless hours, lengthy blog postings and much mental energy to questions like, “What is a derivative work?” ...

The rise of generative artificial intelligence has been accompanied by a growing debate within the open-source community: Are OpenAI and other model providers really open, and how trustworthy is the ...

More than 10 years ago, the trend toward permissive licensing was so pronounced that RedMonk analyst James Governor declared, “Younger [developers] today are about POSS—post open source software.

An open-source software license permits users to read, access, change and reuse the source code of a software product. Whether it’s Apache on your Web servers or Linux supporting your databases, free ...

What does it mean to be “open source,” and how hard is it to deliver open-source products as a business strategy? These questions loom larger after HashiCorp’s announcement last week that it will move ...

The GPL makes sense as a way to protect open-source software from proprietary interests, but doesn't this simply make it a less efficient form of proprietary software? Matt Asay is a veteran ...

In contrast to the GPL, the BSD’s goal is to pass on control to those who adopt it, thus making the terms of the BSD license more pragmatic, generous, flexible and an overall better choice for today’s ...