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  1. "... At the very least, the non-amended #emergency provisions regarding #water in the Water Act should be restored, and the water related amendments deleted, with certain exceptions such as the #provision stipulating that emergency #measures apply to deemed #licenses...."

    18/24

  2. DOGE's Misplaced War on #SoftwareLicenses

    #DOGE claims that a government agency has nearly three times as many #software #licenses as employees. Experts say there are plenty of good reasons for that.
    #license

    wired.com/story/doge-software-

  3. New software license by @getsentry : Functional Source License (FSL) blog.sentry.io/introducing-the

    A "Delayed Open Source Publication" (DOSP) license like BUSL, but makes some opinionated choices to ease compliance: 2-year period to open source (Apache 2.0 or MIT) and clarifications around allowed purposes.

    The discussion happened in the open: github.com/getsentry/fsl.softw

    #licenses #software #fsl #dosp #PayTheMaintainers

  4. I’m delighted to share the news that @osi
    will be conducting an Open Source License Clinic on April 4th, 2023 in Washington DC.

    Topics include Open Source Licenses 201; The Evolution of the Software Bill of Material (SBOM); AI/ML, Open Source Licenses and Data; and a Primer on Alternative Licenses.

    Please help us spread the word for this in-person event.

    More details and registration at ti.to/open-source-initiative/l

  5. Not that I still use #mIRC myself (I primarily switched to #WeeChat in a terminal), but @Siiw was still been using it daily with one of the 2 single-user licenses I bought back in 2010.
    It wasn't till her PC config changed today, that the app suddenly complained and refused her license.

    From what I read online, you can't even decide to stick to an older version from before this license change.

    #softwareLicenses #licenses #rant