HPR3399: Linux Inlaws S01E36: Open Source Licenses

In this episode Chris is trying hard to get Martin to sleep by elaborating on the subject of free and open source software licenses but fails miserably. Listen to a more than riveting episode on the ins and outs of licensing FLOSS code bases in addition to banter about Brexit, plans for a reshaping of Europe after the invasion of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland leave the UK.

Links:

• MI6: https://www.sis.gov.uk
• OSI definition of free and open source software: https://opensource.org/osd
• VMware GPL lawsuit: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit
• Copyleft: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.html
• Permissive licensing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_software_license
• Affero GPL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License
• TerminusDB license change: https://blog.terminusdb.com/we-love-gplv3-but-are-switching-license-to-apache-2-0-terminusdb
• Audacity usage restriction issue: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213
• Redis Source Available License: https://redislabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/redis-source-available-license.pdf
• GoodFORM: https://goodformcode.com
• Server Side Public License: https://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license
• Creative Commons licenses: https://creativecommons.org/choose
• Clarkson's Farm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkson%27s_Farm
• Taking Lives: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364045/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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