When you break the terms of an open source license you are committing a copyright violation. Creative Commons has the same power under law that the record or movie industries do.

Open source makes the technology world go 'round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless stand-alone applications.

An Open Source License That Requires Users to Do No Harm Open source software can generally be freely copied and reused. One developer wants to impose ethical constraints on the practice.

The Cryptographic Autonomy License (CAL) claims to be the first open source license specifically designed to protect end users’ rights and ownership of data and control of their cryptographic ...

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After one and a half years of proprietary marketing, Redis 8 has been given an open source license again. The database also supports new data types.

Don’t believe the hype, AGPL open source licensing is toxic and unpopular Your email has been sent Despite Black Duck's attempts to hype the AGPL, there are very good reasons to believe it's not ...

The benefits of open source software are well understood, promising greater control and transparency. There are two broad kinds of licenses that meet the formal open source definition as laid out ...

The Affero General Public License is similar to GPL 3.0, insofar as it’s a “strong” copyleft license that promotes software freedoms and ensures modified versions remain open source.

The benefits of open source software are well understood, promising greater control and transparency. There are two broad kinds of licenses that meet the formal open source definition as laid out by ...