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Notices by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology), page 2

  1. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:51:46 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Making #transparency work for Harvard's Dataverse Project
    https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/11/transparency-dataverse-project

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:51:46 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. Making transparency work for Harvard's Dataverse Project
      from Opensource.com
      Making research data open and available is easier when we all work transparently.
  2. Tux Machines (tuxmachines@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:48:18 EDT Tux Machines Tux Machines

    #System76 Galago Pro Review with Pop!_OS — Is Pop!_OS Just Another Distribuntu?
    http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/106181

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:48:18 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by schestowitz
  3. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:45:39 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    15 Most Disliked #Programming Languages That Developers Don’t Want To Work With https://fossbytes.com/most-disliked-programming-languages-developers-hated/ Perl
    Delphi
    PHP
    VBA
    Objective-C

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:45:39 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. 15 Most Disliked Programming Languages That Developers Don't Want To Work With
      By Adarsh Verma from Fossbytes
      15 Most Disliked Programming Languages That Developers Don’t Want To Work With
  4. Tux Machines (tuxmachines@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:36:05 EDT Tux Machines Tux Machines

    #Ubuntu 17.10 Review: A Little Slow While Booting (Compared to 17.04) But Quite Stable
    http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/106180

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:36:05 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by schestowitz
  5. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:38:17 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    #Lucidor – A Lightweight & Cross-Platform Ebook Reader https://www.fossmint.com/lucidor-a-lightweight-cross-platform-ebook-reader/ #gnu #gpl #freesw #xul

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:38:17 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. Lucidor - A Lightweight & Cross-Platform Ebook Reader
      By Martins D. Okoi from FOSSMint: Everything About Linux and FOSS
      Lucidor – A Lightweight & Cross-Platform Ebook Reader
  6. Tux Machines (tuxmachines@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:29:12 EDT Tux Machines Tux Machines

    10 Best Linux Server Distributions of 2017
    http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/106179

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:29:12 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by schestowitz
  7. Tux Machines (tuxmachines@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:23:28 EDT Tux Machines Tux Machines

    How Two Teenagers Created Zorin OS and Made it a Popular Linux Distribution http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/106176

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:23:28 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by schestowitz
  8. Tux Machines (tuxmachines@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:24:53 EDT Tux Machines Tux Machines

    Arch Linux 2017.11.01 Is Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 4.13.9 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/106177

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:24:53 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by schestowitz
  9. Tux Machines (tuxmachines@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:25:12 EDT Tux Machines Tux Machines

    Android Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/106178

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:25:12 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink Repeated by schestowitz
  10. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:19:12 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Defense Department: The War On Terror Has Cost $250 Million A Day For 16 Years
    http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/defense-department-war-terror-has-cost-250-million-day-16-years-2608639

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:19:12 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. Defense Department: The War On Terror Has Cost $250 Million A Day For 16 Years
      from International Business Times
      A new Defense Department report says U.S. taxpayers have spent $1.46 trillion on wars abroad since Sept. 11, 2001.
  11. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:16:35 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Rich people's homes http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2017/11/02

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:16:35 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for Nov 2, 2017 | GoComics.com
      from GoComics
      Nov 2, 2017
  12. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:15:40 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    NO! https://imgur.com/gallery/G4EGs8I

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:15:40 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink
  13. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:09:45 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Same #ColinBirss which #ipkat and #bristowsUPC were "brown-nosing" for #patentTrolls
    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2017/11/union-ip-event-ip-past-present-and.html
    see http://techrights.org/2017/06/11/bristows-for-upc-and-patent-trolls/

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:09:45 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. HTTP_Request2 needs an absolute HTTP(S) request URL, 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAFMAAABnCAYAAAB8WX67AAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAAzUSURBVHhe7Z0LdFTFGce/TXbzkhAeMRCEyCM8a6AUAw0NKYlQiyAKbYEiUA9QFTxIKx6krRW1RT05IAcoHChCK0Ub5PiiIp5yCigcKa9SHgWB8H7HhEcDJJAl6f3PzmRn795NNpuZzW66v3Mu3Hnce2f+95u5M3NvvrVVGTiPf0xVZcVEtmiqN5VlFJ06gKKSM3iEGiq+fpfIWRbSZWRilv3lfrp75QyPqj8x/V+hmMzZPKSASifdWpVGldcv8oj6o7yMBlH4p8qRxALkULBpwhbNT26+XiCbJpiYEdQQEVMhETEVEhFTIRExFRIRUyFhLabdKD22hBjrTaQHi7AS0x7rFgrcvGOn/RdSaPeZFPpwXxePDXFIK74Zz/LKIuuCzYBuFfSkyssH1AxoK/TMLjBLO3CsnM5cbUabCzvTidJOdPKS3ZVWXsn+Bzdu3KEmTVyKxce5bKVDayd1TDxOuenHKK35NerRsogS8uZQVMavWboqQl7Mqsoq2rLlMOW/vIwOnYpiYgEhmL/Ix/VoX0kZ/bJo8lO51KVrKxavgpAVs/S/t2nlii9o7fs76fBh15y8rgL6Qgh7b3IcTXn2YRo/IZtatExgcfUh5MSsvFtFixZurBZRlYBWCFG7d0+ln4zqS9OeG0xR0TYWFwgh9QDavOkQ5WTPodde/US7kADnx4Zr4Zq4NsoQKCEhptNZSTNnFNCTE5ZXi6hbSBlZVJQBZamouMtT/afBxTx65DINHPA6rVixlYWDKaIZcW2UJTfnDdqz+xQL+0uDirmmYAcNH5oflCZdF4SVPjFmEbNS9OP+0GBiQsiZLxTQN8XlISWkAGXC+BVWOmH8MtYV1UaDiIlOHkKCUBRSBuXb8NkBoy/9I4/xTdDFRD805akV1cOScEAIitZUE0EVs7zcSdOnrQ7Zpl0bixZspCslt3jIm6CKOXni2yH3sPEXlBllf27aKh7jTdDERBNBUwlHIQW1NfegiImmMful98NaSBnUpfjyDR5yExQx33x9HesnGwMwCNQlP/9THuNGu5h4eq9Zs6PRWCVAXVAn8wxJu5hr/vrPsBoG+QvqNP+tz3nIhVYxMThvbFYpQJ22fnnEY5VJq5gr3v4yaFaJ64hrBfOaqKNAi5j2OAcboO/eeUyrVQrR8BrixUf2sm3eiM/Y/4gDOoVF3VBHMZDXstIem7eYPvxPH5r6zCqtYj6bs4MGph+nHq2LvN463nESezu5pbATrdyZ5fHSTSW4WUuWTqDRY/rpscxoukZ7dp3kIbWg8LC6tRPfoxfyttODaUXs3fgtwwDlDYs8SEOeVWNXs2N0WamoqxYxneUV9NVXhTykDojR9wE7LR+xnAklC2eFSEfe1aOWsGN1CCrqqlxMfChQUbSfir+5qryJCyHbJJUxkfwFeZsnONmxqgVFHVHX82evqRfzri2WvjiYoKWPmtT78zoLKcAxOPbVvALlNxkzoqPHLqgXMz76Nh3cd5yH1ABLGpZxjIZ96yh7sAQKBO3ZpoidS3Vz37/vnJ4+E6guLD5tibH77h/9BefAuXSMMrSIefpqC76nBpUVh2Xndj5R/R2SKs6fu6LPMlWDD65UAMuOtTvpoc5HeIwaLlzU8AAC9ze/wvfUACtqk1Rar/5SRgzwVXdFYWOZ8Q5jahXiaBETUzxV/RysB00STbO+Dx8zqh9CTMyqxM4soAIMPzolX6leaFABug0dX/yGRTPHbCM3bZeSwuIbyrF9/q2svxRcbz5Mj2U6UnqygCpQcQiAqVt9wM2Y2Hc7m7mobuJtUpvpscyoFr1YQBWouJi6BQoqOibrNE3N3q7cKsubqP3TaIFLzKROZIuLZRGqEFM3LNaCulgB8sKqfzVoE1teU22V9jb9+Z5aXGImZ5AtqQtb2FUJRBjZ6yhbe/RntUakwyI/GreQWXf8FBalDqOOtpQBPKAWJibQdbdgoWI9UbxOsJrKIQ4iQvhFP1rP4nBs6WK2qwy0QHv6SB5SC3ttgZ3K4gNU9kEmVd29zRJUg+aKRYZbN4kOlaTwWDeY4STfU+bK43+PUDdglYaQ9wz9gH3Eim8vVTzR0aKGPJLhtkzmr6LtUOVNXYAmD5GweAxLRX8qNoQhpMijDQdR3Hdm8IB6PNpbbLfxfE8fQjD8LzYRro0mU/37HNoSw0iiWmRQdKqe7gx4iGnv9DhFtTIsVJN11pcbSwL/Gx3g6KnPKoHXk8Dx7Rf5XiMCVmkYiaPHz3iEHrzF7PZESFtnoATDSLzEBLHfX8o660aBYRR4gsNIdGMpJjrpmAeeDn/rRPnjm1J8v1dcYc1Yiglisv/QKJp7bNYbyt2U+cKnmBRlp7hB77I7G5aCGmWO6f00OTKm8gj9+BbTAHc07qF3lC+CaMcQkvWT/efziOBQo5gAY8/YQQXhY53cIhMeXk02u8s/R7CoVUzABM1b7BI0lEU1yoZ+Hv19sIUEfokJ0PfEGnc7ZPtQo0xo2vFD1xu1qt8Kf6D4LSbAWC3+0Q2h9ZRHOYwNTRurQbbEdq74BqBOYgKMQeN/vINZgahIg2FcO7pFGmsxMTnGRKOBqbOYAP0RrCBu2EduKw2mqPxasMa4x7cFZXbjDwGJKcCDKWHUv5i3mKikVP2i8nOzvnHYRmaNDdmszdRLTIbR2cPtTvy44y4vVoalYlUdHw2o8MMmzmWLjq0WEa0iOm0QzxE6KKiuCzR9uANDf7rp+jjmjw2+2oQYQlx5E8hxIi82AF9uczdlsbFuqIooqH4HpBLxfgVfY+A7IXze0rFlCfssEJ/OCPD90G2nexhTVuGgC9cTmb+3EyUtafOZTOayDGz8xyylrsZ0vAPSKiYKiguJAsuO7szITvLkV8I4FsetWz8z5MV01U4jcmEhFLadB53VGywP/4s0gGPEFk5oF9MKs1jhJpovGkTMuiIsNtQJCzGtvgAJRcKjlGFCREyFRPpMhUQsUyEhLyYGxOHyANIyA4KD0fPnS3hIDQMHdidbVP2+NZJRXcamTRP0iPn/SqTPVEhETIVExFRIdZ+5YP7fWYSZ1qlJzM0M3Bxeunidx7oR6QL4RyssvMxDnvTu3Z4toyHPtq1HWRyOHzWqr+XDBd6siopKechNenor6vNgex7yRpwffwMu6JPZgbK/15Xua9eMx7ipqcyDB2ewXxdAWeDtAPTs1ZZy83qwfZlqMbulz/DyuIphCbzrb9v+EmVn/d7DkahYc8Q63ur3nmH7AKLDn5EVyIu/DINLM3nNEtdY+eefe61XimuaeXn2YzT9lz/gITf4HYyFCzbSW/M2eJxfgMXq4Y9l0pv5oz1+KUCsbVoxadIA9rfk8Jspg7osXDTB42ccAm7mNS2bIc1qg+80UWg5HoJNfHI5i7dCzusLuP8eP24Z+yUACCkfIzbMpHB9eLf25dTefAxuvHCiKm+IM3t59RATmWRqCwcKKitbDs579myJh5M6gb/XnDVzjUelcX4M9s0DfqQh329mreUxbmC5vjBbOs4D48B4VVB9pa8L59Hpc/OpXbuWPMbzBGjqSK9tNoL+E/menzGEx3iC5oFmiuYjg2uZ+8d1nz7P3v0MyOnqVRkZ9HmyN0TkxXXwquPQkbmUP3eMV7ll/5e/nT2C9h+Yw36Bxeo6osxW5ZAH/pbKiANE4QIBDxYZnHP06H6sf0V/lz9vjFfhzA849Ef+vPfBw0Y+D/rgP73j6oPRN+IGy0IJyxUPwcSmsezBZFVmGIUoc2ZmR57iAumyAViKKd9hldzXVq1XGcGuXSf4nqvM/funk8Ph+QPJ+M0fczOWj/OFLLBZbDPaLNMKeaiiE6ubZv7xJNTt1MliHlJDo7BMM1Y3Df48ZVC39h2SeUgNjcIyMXYVoMxWHhI/+XiP1yKzfJwKarRMAA98wsn7uLFLQ3LVe/RPv8v3XGCYJc/oMHzBTymYGTJUrTsNryU480xHBhZrjseQI/ne5mwfwyeAcwBUSkYMu6ZNH8yesLg5YmwIxLnkdPRruKHyTTTnA+ZzAVwPTRmubOXZHeqB4Y6YuUF4/GYb8FVmzND27j3l5a1WpP9uzkhvy8QPs9UFVBLio8ICFMhqGog4bFZzfCDOJdIhJMLm1mDOB142xooYEsn9PMoBgZFfFhL5kF+A7keUzQzicJ7S0jJKSUnksW7EcRgieYmJ8RTuGi4qbwCFAFZpcoVFnFU+GfE0rSkPkNN95cOYEtZjLjuQw0i3WgcQyHmxiTggxpTmdIHPlXaYvjwOe3R4b9aksChgBgsB6MwxEAfII+LMIF5uXriGyIc0IK6FdF8PLeSdNDnHcvUGffzf1u2tvllo6rgGVo5EtyCD/LX5SJ7+ix/SpcvXmBN/K9D/+hSzMYHVJJXvj6wh+h+2qomrDsXTyQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' given
      UNION-IP event: "IP - Past, Present and Future"
      The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
    2. Bristows/IP Kat Still Promoting UPC and Patent Trolls, Also Accused of Deleting Comments and “Brown-nosing” Judges to Help Patent Trolls
      from Techrights
      Bristows LLP spends far too much time infiltrating blogs and media in pursuit of patent trolls' and UPC agenda, at the expense of integrity of the system and accuracy of information online (some of which it is deleting once it enters the editorial process)
  14. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:07:59 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    #microsoft #ooxml which you recommend here involved Microsoft bribing people https://twitter.com/EPOorg/status/926034975799042048 http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ISO

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:07:59 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink
  15. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:06:38 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Can't get enough of this story; will #microsoft the cult fire him over it? http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-engineer-installs-google-chrome-during-presentation-after-edge-freezes-518291.shtml

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:06:38 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. Microsoft Engineer Installs Google Chrome During Presentation After Edge Freezes
      from softpedia
      “I always love it when demos break,” he says
  16. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:05:25 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    #VMware open sources #VR overlay for vSphere
    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/02/vmware_vr_datacenter_experience/
    but #vSphere is still proprietary
    #microsoft style of #openwashing

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:05:25 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. VMware open sources VR overlay for vSphere
      vMotion becomes vThrowing in scenes resembling 1997's Unicenter TNG from CA
  17. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:03:31 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    scikit-survival 0.4 released and presented at #PyCon UK 2017 https://k-d-w.org/node/101 #freesw

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 08:03:31 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink
  18. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 04:13:59 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Sweden is 'in the process of dismantling democracy': ex-Social Democrat head https://www.thelocal.se/20171017/sweden-is-in-the-process-of-dismantling-democracy-ambassador-hakan-juholt #sweden

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 04:13:59 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

    Attachments

    1. Sweden is 'in the process of dismantling democracy': ex-Social Democrat head
      Sweden's new ambassador to Iceland has caused a stir, after warning that Sweden is in the process of dismantling democracy and could be on a slippery slope towards technocracy or a dictatorship.
  19. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 13:41:53 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    Compliance Is Not Just For #Copyleft https://meshedinsights.com/2017/10/24/compliance-is-not-just-for-copyleft/ #freesw

    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 13:41:53 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

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    1. Compliance Is Not Just For Copyleft
      By Simon Phipps from Meshed Insights Ltd

      The cost of compliance may not just be a copyleft issue now we understand how to work with the GPL.

      Even before Christoph Hellwig (backed by the Software Freedom Conservancy) started his suit to enforce his copyright claims against VMWare, there was a great deal of fear of the GPL in particular and copyleft licensing in general among corporate lawyers, and hence among their executive clients.

      It arises from concern that software developers may inadvertantly impact corporate valuations and invite shareholder action by their routine development work. Lawyers are aware that the reciprocal terms of the GPL have been upheld in the courts of multiple jurisdictions. While there are many nuances, those terms summarise as “if any part of the code used to create the software you distriubute is licensed to you under the GPL, then every part of it must be made available under the GPL.” Since the GPL licenses copyright conditional on every recipient being free to request full corresponding source and then modify and/or distribute it, this could mean losing control of every part of your corporate product. Those are real concerns.

      For a hardware vendor embedding open source code, a GPL violation would mean the loss of the copyright license and might require a whole warehouse of devices to be reflashed or destroyed. At a minimum it would probably mean stopping shipment while the matter was resolved.

      For a software vendor, a strategy relying on trade secrets and vendor lock-in for monetisation could be severely disrupted by a GPL violation. Since funds loaned by VCs are not only scaled according to revenue but also use the degree of customer lock-in to determine the valuation multiplier, this could prove a disaster. While a company with massive proprietary lock-in might be valued by a VC at ten times its revenue, a pure service business on public code might only be valued at twice its revenue. No wonder VMWare fought back so energetically.

      Of course, in VMWare’s case the alleged violation of the GPL was a strategic decision rather than an accident. But for the rest of us, the advice of corporate counsel to non-savvy CEOs leads to extreme risk aversion regarding the GPL. A whole industry has sprung up around this, dubbed by some the “compliance-industrial complex”. On the one hand companies like Black Duck and Palamida supply consulting and tools to root out GPLed code. On the other, entities like the Linux Foundation and Software Freedom Conservancy publish GPL compliance how-to guides.

      This all adds to development expense and avoidance of the GPL as a license. But that action may not actually be helping the VP of Engineering. While concern over reciprocal terms has validity, it’s not the only license requirement deserving compliance. Even simple, so-called “permissive” licenses require compliance — just not regarding reciprocity. They commonly include attribution requirements that can become a major compliance challenge for the product team.

      For example, the BSD license says in clause 2:

      Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

      As soon as you use any part of a BSD-licensed source, you have to include details of its copyright holder with your program. As the number of sources used increases, so does the challenge of ensuring all the vary attribution requirements of the licenses they use are met. Due to the subtle variations of text of BDS/MIT/ISC licenses and their ilk each attribution replicates the text; the list often covers many, many pages.  Maintaining it is a major headache for product engineering.

      In the common case of the Apache License, things are even more complicated. It requires maintenance of a NOTICE file containing attribution lists, but also demands the insertion of “file changed” indicators in the code and even applies default licensing terms (including patent licensing) on upstream contributions if there’s no other contributor agreement. All of these requirements need tracking.

      Just assuming that denouncing the GPL solves all your problems is thus a serious error. That’s why I prefer not to use the term “permissive” for non-copyleft licenses. All open source licenses are permissive as they grant you the freedom to use, improve and share copyrighted materials. That freedom is contingent on compliance with the license terms, though, and calling a license “permissive” masks that reality.

      Some of your business functions may may emphasise the importance of reciprocity requirements in licenses (and for good reasons), but product engineering teams have to respect all requirements of both proprietary and open source ingredients. That compliance burden is not necessarily minimised by avoiding the GPL. Indeed, the wealth of resources and how-to guides for GPL compliance may make it the least problem.

      Just because the “compliance-industrial complex” wants you to fear reciprocity, that doesn’t mean you should. Each case needs understanding on its own merits. Who knows — in your case, embracing the GPL may well be the least-cost option.

       

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  20. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:12:05 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅

    If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic] https://blog.toggl.com/world-created-programmer/

    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Oct-2017 12:12:05 EDT from mastodon.technology permalink

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    1. If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic]
      By Emma Murray from Toggl Blog
      If The World Was Created By A Programmer [Comic]
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