Open Source
14 January 2020
Few-Maintainer Projects13 January 2020
Renaming API Copyleftnaming for purpose, not implementation
07 January 2020
API Copyleft 2.0.0-pre.1bringing the best of Parity to API Copyleft
16 December 2019
The Main EventAmazon versus Startups and the New York Times
26 November 2019
npm fundnew subcommand and metadata standard
24 November 2019
Talking Points: Ethical Licensescollecting points and counterpoints
17 November 2019
Venture Capital Shillscapegoating free software’s failures
10 November 2019
MulanPSLa new riff on the Apache patent bargain from China
09 November 2019
Heather Meeker on “Ethos Licensing”free and open is ethos licensing, too
07 November 2019
“BSD with PATENTS” and “BSD-2-Clause Plus Patent” are Not the Samesimilar licenses, very different receptions
06 November 2019
Love this Licenselaw brut with ASCII art
16 October 2019
Blue Oak Test Suitetest cases for new public licenses
16 October 2019
Blue Oak Reading Listreading list for lawyers new to open source
05 October 2019
Cross-License Collaborativesdecentralizing contributor license agreements
03 October 2019
Standards, Patents, Open Sourcetowards constructive collaboration across practice communities
03 October 2019
Blue Oak Guidance on Mergers and Acquisitionsplease stop paying me so much to fix reps and warranties
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
25 September 2019
Open Core is Not a Good Storythree better ways to express yourself and your company
10 September 2019
Open Legal Podcast?considering an open legal podcast
09 September 2019
Is this conference a good idea?forthcoming talk at a conference
09 September 2019
The Great Open Source Shake-Upmore mandatory reading from Kate Downing
05 September 2019
Changebloga few thoughts on a friend’s podcast appearance
15 August 2019
Require Credit For Your Softwarea general-purpose legal tool to require credit for open work
25 June 2019
Get In, Get Outopen source advice for new programmers breaking into the industry
17 June 2019
Dark Arts at Daybreakthe end of club rule in open source law
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
21 May 2019
Mortarboard Licensesgraduate to new public license terms
18 May 2019
Schools of Cohesionexploring the crosswise policy biases we learn from open software
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
12 April 2019
Calls to Sustainability Action via package.jsona new proposal, schema, and tools
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
04 March 2019
Back to IPthe copyright giant has a policy
25 February 2019
Indie Open Sourcedeveloping resource for indie-ready business models
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
12 January 2019
Outer Sourceopen software by closed methods
18 December 2018
Apache-2.0 versus ECL-2.0a redline (diff) showing substantive changes
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
23 September 2018
Patents for Software Freedomgun-shy insurgents and the heavy weapons of IP law
22 September 2018
Bilking Angelscelestial finance for earth-bound developers
21 September 2018
Crowd Hiringassurance contracts for short-term open software maintenance
18 September 2018
Quick Read of Tidelift’s Lifting Agreementnits picked in the developer terms for a new pay-the-devs company
17 September 2018
Private Changes in Free Software Copyleft LicensesWhere’s the fifth freedom?
02 September 2018
Enforce Open Source Licenses with the Digital Millennium Copyright Acttakedown power for DIY developers
28 August 2018
Unhappy Coincidencesmarriages of licensing convenience, and changed circumstances
23 August 2018
Selective Mythologydefining open source for fun and profit, in the shadow of the enterprise
12 July 2018
The Posterity Public Licensea strong-attribution open source license
15 January 2018
MPL-2.0 versus OPL-2.1a redline (diff) showing changes
09 January 2018
I Have Another Blogyou may want to subscribe on License Zero, too
09 January 2018
Licence Libre du Québec – Réciprocité versus - Réciprocité fortea redline (diff) showing changes
06 January 2018
CLAs are Not a Shamlicensing with friends, improved and improving
12 November 2017
Debian Free Software Guidelines versus the Open Source Definitiona redline (diff) showing changes
16 October 2017
Mercenary Rapportmoral blindness in open source as social media
15 October 2017
Unsustainability at Scaletoday’s tools for yesterday’s problems tomorrow
09 October 2017
Feed this Bearindie coder, promote thyself!
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
09 June 2017
Switchmode Developer Agreementan open form contract for open source contractors
06 June 2017
Open Software Service Termslegal terms for paid web apps, now available in the English language
04 June 2017
It’s Not About Communityanother view of Open Source
26 May 2017
Open Source: Theory of Operationa short, practical guide to open source software for programmers at work
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
10 February 2017
The Mendicant Maintaineratino holy fools for Open Source
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
23 February 2016
Startup UnixAn open legal operating system for start-up technology companies
25 September 2015
React Patent RedlineChanges to Facebook’s patent grant for React, Flux, Immutable, &c.
22 May 2015
Blind PatchesWhat if open-source contributors could submit patches anonymously and choose to claim credit later?