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Ah, #cPanel - violating software licenses and bringing you remote root security holes for 30 years.

Truly the gift that keeps on giving.

#CVE #security #SecurityWeveHeardOfIt #license #SoftwareLicense

@gedankenstuecke

This is a long read, but I think it has a much more coherent take on the idea of creating ethical, political, or anti-capitalistic software licenses:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-source-putin-ukraine/

#nccc #ppl #agpl #gpl #foss #fosh #freesoftware #freehardware #license #licensing #softwarelicense #softwarelicensing #copyleft #copyfarleft

@gedankenstuecke

This is a long read, but I think it has a much more coherent take on the idea of creating ethical, political, or anti-capitalistic software licenses:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-source-putin-ukraine/

#nccc #ppl #agpl #gpl #foss #fosh #freesoftware #freehardware #license #licensing #softwarelicense #softwarelicensing #copyleft #copyfarleft

@gedankenstuecke

This is a long read, but I think it has a much more coherent take on the idea of creating ethical, political, or anti-capitalistic software licenses:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-source-putin-ukraine/

#nccc #ppl #agpl #gpl #foss #fosh #freesoftware #freehardware #license #licensing #softwarelicense #softwarelicensing #copyleft #copyfarleft

@gedankenstuecke

This is a long read, but I think it has a much more coherent take on the idea of creating ethical, political, or anti-capitalistic software licenses:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-source-putin-ukraine/

#nccc #ppl #agpl #gpl #foss #fosh #freesoftware #freehardware #license #licensing #softwarelicense #softwarelicensing #copyleft #copyfarleft

European Union Public Licence (EUPL)

https://eupl.eu/

#HackerNews #EUPL #EuropeanUnion #OpenSource #SoftwareLicense

Cavil-Qwen3-4B: SUSE's Open-Source LLM for Legal Automation #Cavil_Qwen3_4B #LLM #LargeLanguageModel #AI #suse #opensuse #LegalAutomation #SoftwareLicense #opensource
https://ostechnix.com/cavil-qwen3-4b-suse-open-source-llm-legal-automation/

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #SoftwareDevelopment #NintendoWiiHacks #softwarelicense #CurrentEvents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #RTEMS #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #SoftwareDevelopment #NintendoWiiHacks #softwarelicense #CurrentEvents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #RTEMS #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #SoftwareDevelopment #NintendoWiiHacks #softwarelicense #CurrentEvents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #RTEMS #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #SoftwareDevelopment #NintendoWiiHacks #softwarelicense #CurrentEvents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #RTEMS #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy - Earlier this month we covered the brewing controversy over libogc, the community-d... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #softwaredevelopment #nintendowiihacks #softwarelicense #currentevents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #rtems #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy - Earlier this month we covered the brewing controversy over libogc, the community-d... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #softwaredevelopment #nintendowiihacks #softwarelicense #currentevents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #rtems #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy - Earlier this month we covered the brewing controversy over libogc, the community-d... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #softwaredevelopment #nintendowiihacks #softwarelicense #currentevents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #rtems #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy - Earlier this month we covered the brewing controversy over libogc, the community-d... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #softwaredevelopment #nintendowiihacks #softwarelicense #currentevents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #rtems #wii

RTEMS Statement Deepens libogc License Controversy - Earlier this month we covered the brewing controversy over libogc, the community-d... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/rtems-statement-deepens-libogc-license-controversy/ #softwaredevelopment #nintendowiihacks #softwarelicense #currentevents #gamecube #homebrew #nintendo #libogc #rtems #wii

There is a special #circle of #hell for #OpenSource projects which do not actually indicate which license they use, or even that they are, in fact, open source, anywhere in their #documentation or public #website.

I just wasted ten minutes looking for "what license is this #project?" before resigning myself to having to check the code #repository.

They didn't even list the license in their compare-to-other-similar-projects on their About page.

Sheesh.

#license #SoftwareLicense #FreeSoftware

Changing your license from Open-Source to Source Available misses why customers are buying or not.
Learn More:
https://www.korte.co/nw9v
#opensource #softwarelicense #strategy

uggghhhhhh I finally have to license something

I’m not naive; a license is as effective as pissing in the wind if you don’t have the means to enforce it. Still, any recommendation on licenses to make it as difficult as possible for people like Palmer Luckey or dtolnay to benefit from it, in general??

Permissive is good, I don’t care whether it matches a libertarian definition of “open”.

#licensing #license #softwareLicense #GPL #openSource

Doing a clean install on macOS is a LOT of work. But @RogueAmoeba give me joy when I register my licenses. I smile every single time. And it’s even accessible!

Honorable mentions to @KeyboardMaestro for audibly saying, “thanks!” and to @[email protected] for throwing confetti (but no sound!)

#Joy #SoftwareLicense #AudioApps #Confetti

Thought this was a nice presentation of reciprocal and non-reciprocal open source licenses, and why this is not the most important debate to have about open source licenses right now.

https://meshedinsights.com/2017/11/15/cause-effect-and-license-choice/

#foss #floss #opensource #freesoftware #libresoftware #ls #copyleft #copyright #softwarelicense

@downey

I'm not a lawyer and I've never played one on TV. 😜

I believe when the authors release the modified software to the public, which in the case of the Affero GPL means the software is providing service to the public, the source code for the updated software must also be shared back to the public (through the copyright holder?).

I'm not sure about the details of how authors keep or give copyright for their modifications to the copyright holder of the original project or not...

I think you're right that the copyright holder can change the license for future versions, but I don't think that any author can change the license, which I think is the protection provided.

#copyright #copyrightholder #license #softwarelicense #changelicense

Would prohibiting advertising fix or aleve #enshitification ? I’m contemplating doing this in one of the #softwarelicense concepts I’m working on.

Why Fedora Decided to Give CC0 Licensed Code the Boot - The term “open source” can be tricky. For many people, it’s taken to mean that a p... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/29/why-fedora-decided-to-give-cc0-licensed-code-the-boot/ #softwaredevelopment #creativecommons #softwarelicense #currentevents #publicdomain #opensource #featured #fedora

Watch Out For Lasercutter Manufacturers Violating GPL - For companies that build equipment like CNC machines or lasercutters, it’s temptin... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/15/watch-out-for-lasercutter-manufacturers-violating-gpl/ #gnugeneralpubliclicense #softwarelicensing #softwarelicense #softwarehacks #copyright #license #legal #ortur #grbl #gpl

Watch Out For Lasercutter Manufacturers Violating GPL - For companies that build equipment like CNC machines or lasercutters, it’s temptin... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/15/watch-out-for-lasercutter-manufacturers-violating-gpl/ #gnugeneralpubliclicense #softwarelicensing #softwarelicense #softwarehacks #copyright #license #legal #ortur #grbl #gpl

Vizio In Hot Water Over Smart TV GPL Violations - As most anyone in this community knows, there’s an excellent chance that any consu... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/22/vizio-in-hot-water-over-smart-tv-gpl-violations/ #homeentertainmenthacks #softwarelicense #softwarehacks #righttorepair #smartcast #smarttv #vizio #news #gpl

Make It Easier For Your Software Project to Accept Contributions - [Flameeyes] has heard complaints (and at times, he admits, has complained himself) about big compa... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/29/make-it-easier-for-your-software-project-to-accept-contributions/ #codecontribution #softwarelicense #softwarehacks #mitlicense #opensource #github #google #osi