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● NEWS ● #Salon #Licensing #AGPL #GPL ☞ Trump's new social media platform could face legal issues after allegedly ripping off code https://www.salon.com/2021/10/23/new-social-media-platform-faces-legal-issues-after-allegedly-ripping-off-code/
● NEWS ● # KyleEMitchell #Licensing ☞ #GPL Had Better be a Contract https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/10/20/SFC-v-Vizio-Complaint.html
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● NEWS ● #BusinessInsider #Licensing #freesw ☞ What is open-source software? Understanding the non-proprietary software that allows you to modify its code https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-open-source-software
● NEWS ● #LeeYingtongLi #Legal #Licensing ☞ #Reverseengineering software licencing from early-2000s abandonware – Part 3 https://yingtongli.me/blog/2021/08/29/drm5-3.html
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● NEWS ● #LeeYingtongLi #Legal #Licensing ☞ #Reverseengineering software licencing from early-2000s abandonware – Part 1 https://yingtongli.me/blog/2021/08/29/drm5-1.html
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... Where the shmoo-factor comes in and software executives begin to grit their teeth is when a PC user decides to make a copy of a commercially-produced program for a friend. Suddenly there are two programs where there once was one, and there's a good cha nce that the recipient of the copied disk will never break down and buy his own legitimate copy. This scenario, which is repeated daily all over the world, is the bane of the software industry, which contends it is losing millions of dollars in potential sales through this penny-ante thievery. ...
https://www.jaykinney.com/Texts/shmoo.html
#software #copyright #unintendedConsequences #licensing #WholeEarthCatalog #WholeEarthReview #1987 #satire #predictions
The OMCs were important events in the history of #cc #licensing. Here comes the revival!
#creativecommons #omc #openmusiccontest #open #music #contest