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  • Bringing Some Harmony to Open Source Development

    Posted August 20, 2010 - 12:48 pm

    In some ways, proprietary software contribution agreements are a lot easier to deal with: a developer writes some code, a company pays for it, and the developer's code is owned by the company, for all eternity. But with the wildly different licenses, organizations, and developer motivations that exist in the open source world, it's hard to get standard templates for these agreements created.

  • WordPress/Thesis Conflict Highlights GPL Nuances

    Posted July 16, 2010 - 9:50 am

    A public debate between WordPress' Matt Mullenweg and Thesis' Chris Pearson strives to answer the question: is the Thesis theme a derivative work of WordPress, and therefore required to be licensed under the GPL? New developments suggest "yes."

  • OSI Board Addition May Bring Needed Change

    Posted March 12, 2010 - 10:00 am

    The OSI has been one of those organizations that seemed to fall short of its true potential, which is always a source of frustration; you want them to succeed, and don't understand when things go awry. It's particularly difficult to stand by and watch it happen to people whom you genuinely respect.

  • Effectively Managing Software Licenses

    Posted December 14, 2008 - 5:48 am

    Did you know that many companies are still using a spreadsheet to keep track of their software licenses? Whether you are a 10 person company or a large enterprise, software licenses are a business asset (and a rather under-utilized one) and deserves better care.
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