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By Peter Moldave
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Once it is out is it out?
Posted on March 12, 2007According to a blog hosted by Simon Simonov, last year, Google made available some software on Google Code under an Apache license. The code disappeared from Google Code shortly afterwards. However, someone downloaded it before it disappeared, so the question would be if they continue to be licensed? In general, open source [...
Derivative Works and GPL3
Posted on September 20, 2006In my mind the most important and most misunderstood issue in open source licensing is the concept of derivative work (or a work “based on” a previous work, in the words of the new draft of the GPL. And, I don’t think the revision of the GPL being proposed does anything to clarify things...
New GPL3 Unleashed
Posted on January 16, 2006The new GPLv3 is being unveiled here at MIT as we speak (January 16, 2006, 10am). Initial reaction — a thoughtful non-incendiary draft. The biggest changes are in the area of digital rights management and patent retaliation. The anticipated “ASP” clause is there in a relatively benign version (i...
Hal 9000/2005 version by Sony
Posted on November 04, 20052001: A Space Odyssey was as much (or perhaps more) a “computer” movie than a “space” movie. The HAL 9000 computer was in many ways for me one of the most memorable and enduring features (characters?) of the film. One of the disturbing things for me was the extreme efforts that were required [...
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