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Software Freedom Law Show episode 0x08
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Bradley and Karen discuss the issues and considerations for a FLOSS project selecting a license.
Running time: 00:40:30.
Show Notes
Segment 0 (00:25)
●Bradley mentioned license
proliferation. (02:50)
●Karen mentioned the FSF License
List. (04:40)
●Although they are saying it too fast, Bradley and Karen are saying
the word “Affero”, referring to the Affero
GPL. (06:50)
●Bradley and Karen discussed weak copyleft, such as the Lesser
GPL. (16:00)
●Bradley mentioned thisSoftware Freedom Law Show:
blog post of his where he says most develope
rs have
traditionally seen a li
censing decision as something y
ou think about
once and never r
evisit!
. (22:35)
●Karen mentioned the
SFLC Primer.
●Bradley mentioned checking if a license is on the FSF License List, on the OSI License List and
if it's DFSG-Free before using it. (27:21)
Segment 1 (28:15)
Karen and Bradley debate various issues about license selection.
Tags:
agpl, patents, trademarks, copyrights, bkuhn, karen, fsf, gplv3
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