On the Recent GPL Enforceability News

23 May 2017 • software, licenses, legal, opensource, foss

Over the last week I've received daily links from colleagues excited about the recent GPL news, so I figured I would share my thoughts here. Of course, before we continue, I'm obliged to say I am not a lawyer, and my comments on software license law are purely from my…

Winning the Open Source Battle

08 Sep 2016 • foss, software, opensource, politics, licenses

Last month, the Chief Information Officer and Chief Acquisition Officer of the United States released Memo M-16-21, titled "Federal Source Code Policy: Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software". This memo establishes a software policy for the Federal Government that not only encourages the…