Open Source for Business
by Heather Meeker · first published 2015
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vii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
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…digging into your your library, which I haven’t. Also, I’m not a lawyer so I won’t try to give you a legal opinion. However, you should probably take this one seriously. I recommend reading the book “Open Source for Business” by Heather Meeker if you are looking for background on open source licensing. It’s written in a way that’s really accessible to non-lawyers.
on “Legal question – license of software that includes GPL 3.0 software” ↗Do read these two great books by Heather Meeker: 1. Open (Source) for Business: A Practical Guide to Open Source Software Licensing 2. From Project to Profit: How to Build a Business Around Your Open Source Project This video presentation by her on this topic is really valuable…
on “Show HN: Tegon: Open-source alternative to Jira, Linear” ↗…not totally happy with it. (BSL isn't an "OSI-Compatible" license, but feels like the "best compromise" license out there currently.) To come to that conclusion, I've read both Heather Meeker's book, "Open (Source) for Business"[1], multiple times now and I've also blogged about this topic[2] before. (She helped write the BSL license.) All of that is to say, it's complicated and there are some perverse incentives that can prevent…
on “Preventing the bait and switch by open core software companies” ↗