12 month ago
Linkorama : Resolution:License update - Wikimedia Foundation - Whereas the Board seeks to respond responsibly to longstanding community concerns about issues of compatibility between the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license, as well as to continue longstanding traditions of strong
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12 month ago
Linkorama : Some important news from Wikipedia - As Jimmy announces, the Wikimedia Foundation Board has agreed with a proposal made by the Free Software Foundation that will permit Wikipedia (and other such wikis) to relicense under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
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14 month ago
nelson : Firefox license problem - I had no idea Firefox had this stupid issue with licensing of its artwork
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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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20 month ago
adamrg : Washington first state to test license-passport - I can't wait to get me some RFID tagging. Like cattle.
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21 month ago
nelson : Linus on GPLv3 - A reasonable take on licensing and FSF politics
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26 month ago
deusx : WTFPL - Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License - "it allows everything and has no additional restrictions. How could life be easier? You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO."
Rod Begbie : WTFPL - Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License - I was pondering what license I apply to Twadget. I think I've found my man. #
Eric Meyer : WTFPL - Now THAT'S how I should have licensed S5. (Note: uses not-safe-for-work language.) [via Coding Horror] [via]
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Linkorama : "no military use" GPL clause - "We are software developers who dedicate part of our free time to open source development. The fact is that open source is used by the military industry. Open source operating systems can steer warplanes and rockets. [This] patch should make clear to user
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34 month ago
kayodeok : People who watch TV on mobile phones or computers could face a £1,000 fine unless they have a £126.50 TV licence - TV Licensing already gathers data from computer retailers and is "in touch with" mobile phone companies and retailers to ensure viewers have a licence as required. "We have a database of 28 million addresses that shows us who does and does not have a curr
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39 month ago
kayodeok : EULAlyzer: Analyze license agreements for interesting words and phrasesconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. - EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you're about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses uni
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Chris Pederick's Web Developer Toolbar Firefox Extension has been ripped off - I find it sad that there are people who would abuse open source software in this way and even charge $24.95 for a license
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