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Open Source Creator Series, Part 5: Understanding "Distribution" in Open Source Licensing

This is Part 5 of our Open Source Creator Series on "Understanding ‘Distribution’ in Open Source Licensing" to help you – the open source technology creators – understand and bootstrap some of

Creator Series

Open Source Creator Series, Part 3: How to Choose an Open Source License

This is Part 3 of our Open Source Creator Series on "How to Choose an Open Source License" to help you – the open source technology creators – understand and bootstrap some

Creator Series

Open Source Creator Series, Part 1: Licensing Fundamentals

At any given moment, thousands of developers around the world are creating new open source software – to solve a problem that has no good existing solution or to scratch a

Building Company

Good and not Evil: the Advent of Ethos Licensing

This post was first published on the blog, Copyleft Currents. For years, my clients have asked me what to do about the “Good not Evil” license, which is most famously

Doing Business

PolyForm and Open Core

Although PolyForm licenses have many uses, one important driver of the value for PolyForm licenses is the Open Core licensing model.

Doing Business

Investing in the Red Zone: Commercial Open Source and Bear Markets

When markets are on an upward trajectory, investing is not so hard. After all, the stock market always goes up over the long term. But it takes more work to identify good investments during down markets. Fortunately, COSS businesses can be a great investment during bad times.

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