The license ushered in notable updates on GPL 2.0, including patent grant provisions and improved compatibility with other open source licenses.

Becoming compatible with Apache was one goal of the GPL redrafting process, which is orchestrating the first changes in more than 15 years to the landmark open-source license.. That compatibility ...

License Compatibility: The extent to which multiple software licences can operate within a single project without conflict. ... Open Source Software Licensing and Compliance Publication Trend.

These software products aren’t open source, but they aren’t quite closed source either: They’re ajar source. When an open source project changes its license to something the community finds ...

However, Elastic stands somewhat alone as one of the only companies to move away from open source, and then move back. Back in August, Elastic announced it would be adopting an AGPL license ...

The benefits of open source software are well understood, promising greater control and transparency. There are two broad kinds of licenses that meet the formal open source definition as laid out ...

Open source makes the technology world go 'round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless stand-alone applications.

The license ushered in notable updates on GPL 2.0, including patent grant provisions and improved compatibility with other open source licenses. Moreover, ...

The benefits of open source software are well understood, promising greater control and transparency. There are two broad kinds of licenses that meet the formal open source definition as laid out by ...