14 month ago
Linkorama : Zealotry and the Free Software World - A comment about being civil if not helpful
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15 month ago
Linkorama : Stop Whining: Let's All Be (C)PALS - So far wiki vendor Socialtext, which originally submitted the license for OSI approval, ERP vendor Xtuple and Java integration vendor MuleSource have all become CPAL users. Collaboration vendor Zimbra may soon be next.
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16 month ago
Linkorama : OSI Prez confronts irate users over 'badgerware' - We've taken the liberty of dubbing CPAL a badgerware license in honor of Socialtext's fluffy nature. (e.d.: Mushroom! Mushroom!)
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16 month ago
Linkorama : CPAL 1.0 - Certified language, posted on the OSI site, the full license
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16 month ago
Linkorama : The 21st century's best open-source license? - Matt Asay on OSL, of which CPAL borrows its External Deployment clause. But I think it is a strength for CPAL to allow reuse of minor work without attribution, not a weakness.
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16 month ago
Linkorama : What does CPAL mean and how did it get approved? - Matt Asay: Hence, more than anything else, I personally believe that the Free Software Foundation's GPLv3 provided cover for CPAL to get approved, which has shifted views on attribution more than anything else. Or maybe everyone just got tired of debating
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16 month ago
Linkorama : OSI evacuation begins over 'badgeware' license - Man unsubscribes from mailing list. Register reporter writes a fluff piece. Man bites dog.
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16 month ago
Linkorama : New Open Source License: CPAL - My lawyer is blogging!
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16 month ago
Linkorama : OSI Approves Attribution - After months of back and forth between open source vendors, the OSI and pundits in the blogosphere, it's great to see that common sense prevailed. Congrats to all those who persevered to make this happen. And now we can get back to more important issues..
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16 month ago
Linkorama : OSI approves 'badgeware' license - I was rather oddly quoted in this piece, but that is the Register style
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17 month ago
Linkorama : Socialcalc update - Tony Bowden on licensing and releasing. I'd clarify more about CPAL and that Socialtext isn't the vendor that "pursued both lines of attack" although I should be nice and not mention them by name.
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17 month ago
Linkorama : Open source by any other name - While the company is committed to using an OSI-approved license it would prefer to have the OSI approve the CPAL. In the meantime, Mayfiled admits to be having an identity crisis:
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