#softwarelicenses — Public Fediverse posts

Politics and licenses are a strange combination. Many people want their software used only for good. Yet even more people can't agree on what "good" actually means.
#politics #software #softwarelicenses

🚨 Breaking: "Bambu Studio commits #AGPL flagrant foul!" 🤯 The article dives into the riveting realm of open-source licenses like it's the Super Bowl of software, yet somehow manages to make even the most fervent programmer yawn. If you're into reading legal documents in your free time, this one's a page-turner! 📜💤
https://github.com/jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab/blob/main/bambu_agpl.md #BambuStudio #OpenSource #SoftwareLicenses #LegalDocuments #Programming #HackerNews #ngated

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

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-software-license-cancel-federal-budget/

The 'Anyone But Richard M Stallman' license serves a minor but important role in the rapidly changing story of complex, specific and potentially invalid or unenforceable #SoftwareLicenses. #copyleft

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 https://ti.to/open-source-initiative/license-clinic-2023

#opensource #oss #osd #AI #ML #SBOM #licenses #softwarelicenses #dc #event

How to Choose the Right Open Source License for Your Project: Factors to Consider 👇💡

https://www.analyticsinsight.net/how-to-choose-the-right-open-source-license-for-your-project-factors-to-consider/

#opensource #projects #softwarelicenses

I'm appalled at how many people don't get this: "You can't open-source license morality" https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-cant-open-source-license-morality/ #opensource #freeSoftware #licenses #softwareLicenses #ethics

Interesting reading material:

https://ethicalsource.dev/licenses/

A set of open source licenses that curtiails the use of the work to which it applies. I've often felt uncomfortable by publishing code under the #GPL, #BSD or #Apache licenses (a.o.), knowing that oppressive regimes would then be free to use that code for their nefarious goals.

#floss #SoftwareLicenses #OpenSource #ethics

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