For many years, the open source software community has made the distinction between "free as in freedom" (the software can be used or modified as the user sees fit) and "free…
What licenses do the "big" projects use? What are the community implications? These questions came to mind after I saw Martin Fink, Hewlett Packard Enterprise CTO, give a…
In the past five years, I've contributed more than 300 clip art graphics to Openclipart.org. There were some works I liked more than others, of course, but I believe sticking…
"Open source code is problematic because anonymous people on the Internet design it, and 'holes' are not fixed by vendor updates." Is this FUD from some proprietary software…
The first instance of a court in Germany (and perhaps anywhere) addressing GPLv3 occurred in a decision by the Regional Court of Halle in July 2015. GPLv2, first published in…
One of the more effective ways to advance an agenda is to attach requirements to grant funding. The U.S. Department of Education has an interest in broadening the impact of…
