Tired of corps stealing your code ?

I created NCRO v1.0 license to let devs show code safely. People can view it locally, but corps are blocked !

Why use it :
* strictly local : no public forks !
* no corps : bans commercial use
* anti-cloud : no api or saas wrapping
* absolute ownership : we own your prs
* absurdity clause : corps must agree to any crazy terms you set !

https://github.com/metw0/ncro-license

#opensource #programming #github #developer #coding #license #licensing #software

GitHub - metw0/ncro-license: strict and secure source-available license for devs who want to show their code without letting corps steal it !

strict and secure source-available license for devs who want to show their code without letting corps steal it ! - metw0/ncro-license

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@veronica I see many of these "sacrifices" as net benefits.

  • Not having Microsoft Office forces people to use Open Standards like OpenDocument!
    • Not implementing proprietary codecs almost exclusively harms value-removing Rentseekers like MPEG-LA!
    • Lack of tight integration means Freedom of Choice.
    • Not having a bloated garbage App available forces corporations to maintain proper websites.
  • Not supporting Malware like "Client-Side Anticheat"*and *Always-Online "DRM" is a win for consumers.

The issues encountered can all be attributed to corporations being assholes as in actively antagonizing consumers!

  • I've yet to see any exception to that [and ableism] in real - life!

#MicrosoftOffice #OpenStandards #OpenDocument #Malware #ClientSideAnticheat #AlwaysOnlineDRM #Anticheat #DRM #ConsumerRights #proprietary #codecs #ValueRemoving #Rentseeking #MPEGLA #MPEG #LA #licensing #Integration #Freedom #Corporations #assholeism #consumers #Ableism #accessibility

Theater District bar gets second three-day suspension for having another table of underage drinkers
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/theater-district-bar-gets-second-three-day-suspension-having-another

#Boston #licensing

IMHO: Piracy should be legal everytime one cannot legally obtain a copy of said content via a perpetual, offline-accessible (DRM-free!) one-time-purchase on physical media !

  • I mean, if a license / IP holder doesn't want to offer their copyrighted works under fair, reasonable & non-discriminatory terms then they shouldn't be allowed to cry about "loss of revenue" due to piracy!
    • IMHO it's also a "Them - Problem" ["You-Problem"] if they're delisting it due to 3rd parties revoking/cancelling licensing…

#Piracy #Ownership #Licensing #DRM #DRMfree #PerpetualLicensing #OneTimePurchase #MustLicensing #FRAND #revenue #IP #Software #Games #Music #Movies #TV #StopKillingGames #delisting

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At least some judge came to their senses and ruled that piracy doesn't entitle the IP holders/licensees to damages equal of the full price of the including subscription.

Obviously that doesn't make pirate decryption legal, it merely takes into account that those subscribing to card sharing ain't necessarily able to pay the regular subscription so, the damage claims are on their own made-up bogus if the Pay-TV provider can't evidence them!

#NotLegalAdvice #CopyrightMafia #DamageClaims #Licensing #PayTV #subscription #CardSharing #PirateDecryption #Piracy #Justice #Law #DEjur #Germany

@Mara I'd still recommend #OpenDyslexic over #ComicSans solely due to #licensing reasons.

- Another good font designed for legibility is #LEXEND and if want something "Aerospace Grade" consider #B612.

Built the dependency list the lazy way. One install at a time, each one chosen to get the thing running.

Then a patent attorney read it out loud.

GPL v3 has a retaliation clause. Assert a patent against someone using the same covered code, and your own license terminates. Plaintiff one day, infringer the next.

Three sections do this together. I walked them.

https://praveenlavu.com/dispatch/gpl-v3-patent-retaliation-trap

#opensource #licensing #patents #ip #aiengineering

GPL v3 patent retaliation trap · Praveen Lavu

GPL v3 in your dependency tree can terminate your license the day you assert a patent. How sections 10, 11, and 8 fire, why AGPL widens it, and the safe rule.

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CBS Signs Licensing Deal With ‘Peanuts’ People To Duck Legal Issues From Colbert’s Last Show

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/cbs-signs-licensing-deal-with-peanuts-people-to-duck-legal-issues-from-colberts-last-show/

Why did Microsoft publish their Copilot Cowork cost estimator tool as an Excel workbook? Didn't the team have enough Copilot Credits to build an online tool with Cowork?

Since I still had free Frontier credits for Opus 4.8 in Cowork, I decided to build a better version: https://cowork.licensing.guide

#Microsoft365 #Copilot #Cowork #CopilotCowork #licensing

Wow...PHP has managed to get all the stakeholders in the old PHP and Zend licenses to sign off on consolidating everything under the 3-term BSD license.

https://www.php.net/license/
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update
https://ben.ramsey.dev/blog/2026/05/the-php-license-simplified

Both were functionally BSD-3 plus trademark and update clauses, with PHP and Zend specifically mentioned instead of just "the copyright holder." So they updated the licenses to remove the extra clauses, leaving them functionally equivalent to BSD-3-clause, and then reworded the remaining clauses to make the new versions literally the BSD-3-clause license.

So the codebase is no longer split between two licenses, OSI agrees that it's definitely open source, and it's compatible to use in GPL-licensed projects.

#PHP #FLOSS #licensing

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