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A Chinese Copyright Infringement Case: "Since GPL-Based Software Products Already Have an Obligation to Disclose Source Anyway, Isn't It Fine to Copy Them?"
Monday, September 23, 2024 in 2024
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As the use of open source software has spread widely, the legal issues surrounding it have grown increasingly complex. In particular, the question of copyright over derivative works based on open source projects that use a copyleft license such as …
Introduction to SPDX 3.0 and Enterprise Adoption Strategy
Friday, September 06, 2024 in 2024
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1. Introduction to SPDX 3.0 SPDX (Software Package Data Exchange) is an open standard for communicating software component, license, copyright, and security information in a standardized way. SPDX 3.0 is the latest version of this standard, released …
Elasticsearch Changes Its License Again: How Should Companies Respond?
Friday, September 06, 2024 in 2024
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Introduction: The Background of the Elasticsearch License Elasticsearch began as an open source project and has since gone through several changes in licensing policy. Initially it was distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, but in 2021 Elastic …
French Court Orders Major Telecom Orange to Pay Damages for GPL Violation
Monday, February 19, 2024 in 2024
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Hello. Today I want to look at a case in which a French court ordered the telecom company Orange to pay damages for violating the GPL. This case seemed especially worth noting for two main reasons. First, the defendant in this case is Orange, a major …
Checklist for Preparing an In-Person Meeting
Wednesday, April 05, 2023 in 2023
Hello. Last March 28 was a time everyone will remember. It was our first in-person meeting in three years, since before COVID. Having gone so long without one, I learned that hosting a venue takes more miscellaneous preparation than I expected. …
Effective Open Source Management Practices for Companies (2): OpenChain Korea Work Group
Monday, April 03, 2023 in 2023
In the previous post, I introduced the OpenChain Project for global collaboration as an effective open source management practice for companies. This time, I would like to introduce the OpenChain Korea Work Group, a collaborative community for Korean …
Effective Corporate Open Source Management (1): The OpenChain Project for Global Collaboration
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in 2023
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Using open source has become almost essential to modern software development, to the point that it is said over 93% of the software products companies develop use open source. Yet there are reports that 53% of the open source used has license …
Buy Anaconda If You Use It. If Not, Use conda-forge!
Monday, March 13, 2023 in 2023
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Hello. Do you often use Anaconda when setting up a Python development environment? Python is widely used for everything from simple task automation to data analysis, AI training, and modeling, and running multiple Python projects can create the …
Akka Is No Longer Open Source.
Friday, September 30, 2022 in 2022
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There is a growing number of cases where software companies that started out as open source change their license policy. Lightbend, a US company that had maintained an Apache-2.0 open source license policy, announced in September 2022 that it would …
A Quick Look at the SFC v. Vizio Ruling
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in 2022
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Hello, this is Haksung Jang. SFC (Software Freedom Conservancy) filed suit against Vizio, a US smart TV manufacturer, alleging violations of the GPL. On May 13, 2022, a US federal court issued a ruling related to this case. I have put together a …