Software licenses and the geekproblem. #softwareLicenses

https://hamishcampbell.com/software-licences-and-the-geekproblem/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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FSL
"The Functional Source License (FSL) is a source-available license that converts to Apache 2.0 or MIT after two years."

#SoftwareLicenses #OpenSource

Licenses – Polyform Project
"PolyForm is a project to draft and make freely available plain-language source code licenses with limited rights."
ex. if you want to license software for non-commercial use only, etc.

#SoftwareLicenses #OpenSource

RSL: Really Simple Licensing
An XML standard to indicate whether or not you approve of AI uses of your site (or specific parts of it), and under what licensing conditions if so.
Like robots.txt, so the less scrupulous AI crawlers will keep scraping your writing and photos.

#WebDev #AI #SoftwareLicenses

The Parity Public License
"Parity is a public LICENSE for software that requires users who build with your software to share their work with the community, too."

#SoftwareLicenses #ParityPublicLicense

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/

How Post Open Works
A still-in-draft project to come up with a dual license scheme for software that's free/open for those with small pockets and paid for those with deep pockets, intending to address the problem of big companies just using open software without contributing back to it.

#software #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareLicenses #PostOpen