🆕 blog! “The Seven Levels of Open Source”
This isn't an original idea, but I needed to get it out of my brain. There are many different definitions of what "Open Source". We can have a lovely argument over a pint as to whether GPLv3 is too open or if a licence which hasn't been validated by the OSI counts. But, more fundamentally, […]
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I would argue that \"look but don't touch\" is, in our general IP regulatory environment, much worse than being completely closed. It's literally a trap: if we record you looking at this, we have evidence for the infringement suit against you.
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And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Source_Initiative seem[s|ed] moderately popular with some.
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Bit obsessed with #SolarPower but not quite a #SolarPunk.
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