James Grimmelmann on Nostr: New article: How Licenses Learn (with Madiha Zahrah Choksi) We look at open-source ...
New article: How Licenses Learn (with Madiha Zahrah Choksi)
We look at open-source licenses as a kind of community infrastructure. Like software and hardware, licenses too must be designed and adapted. The history of controversies over license adoption and revision is a kind of history of open-source communities themselves.
Draft: https://james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/how-licenses-learn.pdf
Blog post: https://3d.laboratorium.net/2024-03-16-how-licenses-learn
We look at open-source licenses as a kind of community infrastructure. Like software and hardware, licenses too must be designed and adapted. The history of controversies over license adoption and revision is a kind of history of open-source communities themselves.
Draft: https://james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/how-licenses-learn.pdf
Blog post: https://3d.laboratorium.net/2024-03-16-how-licenses-learn