This section of the site is dedicated to blogposts primarily about Free and Open Source Software and related topics.
In case you are unaware, FOSS software is software in which the source code is available (generally upon request), and free to
modify and redistribute.
- License Classification Summary
This blogpost provides a summary of how I think of the spectrum of licenses from copyneutral/permissive licenses to copyleft/viral licenses. Of course, it is more complex than this, but this gives a good idea for use in discussions where the exact specifics are less relevant.
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- reproprietization
terminology
philosophy
“Reproprietization” is a term I came up with for the process by which open-source software can be recontained in proprietary silos or otherwise be used in proprietary products.
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