Licensing
09 January 2020
Starting Noncommercialfamous projects that started noncommercial
02 December 2019
Correct and Intuitive FairnessHow can a license say what “fair” is ahead of time?
24 November 2019
Talking Points: Ethical Licensescollecting points and counterpoints
22 November 2019
Universal Share-Alike Licensecopyleft across different kinds of work
09 November 2019
Heather Meeker on “Ethos Licensing”free and open is ethos licensing, too
04 November 2019
Blue Oak Guide to Copyleftshort introduction and license families
16 October 2019
Blue Oak Test Suitetest cases for new public licenses
12 October 2019
XLC Building Blocksessential concepts and vocabulary for cross-license collaboratives
05 October 2019
Cross-License Collaborativesdecentralizing contributor license agreements
03 October 2019
Standards, Patents, Open Sourcetowards constructive collaboration across practice communities
28 September 2019
No LICENSEthey won’t see your funding plea if they never look
28 September 2019
Our Ethics, Not Yoursin defense of Seth Vargo and morality-first licenses
26 September 2019
The Tyranny of Timelicensing gives developers much-needed flexibility
10 September 2019
Open Legal Podcast?considering an open legal podcast
05 September 2019
Changebloga few thoughts on a friend’s podcast appearance
12 July 2019
PolyForm 1.0.0standard noncommercial software licenses at last
27 June 2019
Heather Meeker on Patent Risk Allocationunique compilation of arguments and dynamics
15 June 2019
Operating Environmentessential industry background for reading open software licenses
13 June 2019
SSPL Was Not Commons Clausehow open licensing blew its biggest opportunity of the 2010s
30 May 2019
PolyForm Projectsimple, standard, plain-language software licenses
21 May 2019
Mortarboard Licensesgraduate to new public license terms
08 May 2019
Tyranny of Permissionlessnessopen source’s narrow focus further empowers those with other ways to exclude
05 May 2019
Don’t Rely on OSI Approvalactivist approval does not track practical needs
29 April 2019
AFL-3.0 versus OSL-3.0a redline (diff) with important network terms highlighted
23 April 2019
#wontfixendorsements can’t fix the Open Source Definition
11 April 2019
Enterprise Ready Open Software License Supplementthe status quo, plus money for devs
06 April 2019
Stairway to Heavenrepairing broken steps to software license Nirvana
18 March 2019
The Diachronic Treadmill Licenseautomatically reward supporters with copyleft exceptions
17 March 2019
License Utopiajust four licenses for all of open source
15 March 2019
Ethical Subcommons Starter Kitbringing openness to software of moral concern
11 March 2019
Weak or Strong is Wrongtowards selective or consistent copyleft
09 March 2019
Deprecation Notice: MIT and BSDit’s time to retire thirty-year-old academic licenses
07 March 2019
Blue Oak Councilopening the software commons to everyone
24 February 2019
Open Source Software License Reading Lista comprehensive curriculum for new license wonks
22 February 2019
First Thoughts on the Redis Source Available License Agreementevident demand for license rules on API boundaries
22 February 2019
API Copyleft License 1.0.0first release of API-boundary copyleft form
30 January 2019
API Copyleftfunctionality, interfaces, and line drawing in a new copyleft paradigm
12 January 2019
Shared Component Licensefirst shot at a short, plain license in the vein of Mongo’s SSPL
05 December 2018
Open Source is Not About Youa minimal, functionalist view of open source
04 December 2018
Open HandicapsDid permissive used to advantage open work like copyleft does today?
12 November 2018
Selective Opennessmaking money by choosing what to give away
05 November 2018
The Open Source Definition as Copyleft Regulationan in-depth review of commonly cited criteria
04 November 2018
The Copyleft Bust Uploopholes, licenses, and realpolitik in open source
24 October 2018
How to Speak Copyleftthe missing vocabulary of copyleft design
17 October 2018
Elsewhere: Mapping Open Business Modelscrosspost from the License Zero blog
07 October 2018
Seeking Comment: Copyright Notice Recommendationfirst stab at a pragmatic best-practice guide
01 October 2018
Indirect Licensingdispensing software licenses in the Internet era
30 September 2018
Contributor Councilsrelicensing without foundation, BDFL, or unanimity
02 September 2018
Enforce Open Source Licenses with the Digital Millennium Copyright Acttakedown power for DIY developers
16 January 2018
Public Domain Chroniclea fast, easy, and free way to secure scientific methods and findings for the public domain
09 January 2018
I Have Another Blogyou may want to subscribe on License Zero, too
06 January 2018
CLAs are Not a Shamlicensing with friends, improved and improving
26 September 2017
Overkilldoing IP law wrong, and getting away with it
12 September 2017
The License Zero Manifestosustainable software in the open
31 August 2017
Null Valueagainst demise of the hacker public license
29 March 2017
Open Source License Business Perception Reportthe pain and confusion of common open licenses, roughly quantified
16 February 2017
Against Legislating the Nonobviousshort-order feedback on the default contributor license in GitHub’s draft terms of service
21 September 2016
The MIT License, Line by Line171 words every programmer should understand
13 May 2016
I Don’t Want to Know What “Open Source” MeansI am he as you are he as you are me and we are all on GitHub.
13 May 2016
License from Who?Safe open-source licensing means more than a LICENSE file.
18 April 2016
The Berneout PledgeSucks less than CLAs!
30 March 2016
First Read: The Fair Source LicenseText and my first thoughts on a new, non-open source form license
25 September 2015
React Patent RedlineChanges to Facebook’s patent grant for React, Flux, Immutable, &c.