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The evolving landscape of open source licensing: What you need to know

Open source software has become a cornerstone of modern application development (approximately 98% of applications contain open source software ...
Caitlin Bixby
by Caitlin Bixby
on September 10, 2024

The dawning age of regulated open: notes from the field

By Luis Villa on February 14, 2024
Last week I spoke at two universities, where faculty and students are trying to untangle the future of AI. I came away from the experience more ...

Vizio lawsuit part 2: adding more complexity to the GPL

By Luis Villa on January 24, 2024
My post last week on the litigation between Vizio and the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) over the General Public License (GPL) seems to have ...

Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL?

By Luis Villa on January 16, 2024
Last week an important judicial ruling came down on a very intriguing case about open source license compliance. In this post, I'll talk about what ...

Recap: October 13th Deep Dive: AI Society panel

By Caitlin Bixby on November 10, 2022
A few weeks ago, Tidelift co-founder and general counsel Luis Villa joined Kat Walsh, general counsel at Creative Commons, Carlos Muñoz Ferrandis, AI ...

Evaluating the RAIL license family

By Luis Villa on November 1, 2022
Evaluating the RAIL license family Machine learning (ML) is the hot topic in tech circles right now, and tech lawyers are no exception. Virtually ...

Back by popular demand: Open source licenses AMA, part 2

By Amy Hays on March 25, 2021
A few months ago, Tidelift co-founder and open source licensing expert Luis Villa hosted a licensing AMA (that is, “ask me anything”) with special ...

Introducing Free as in Friday, a casual conversation about open source and more

By Amy Hays on March 4, 2021
Last week, I asked Tidelift co-founder and resident licensing guru Luis Villa when we can schedule his next webinar. He said, and I quote: “I had a ...

What I learned from the Server Side Public License

By Luis Villa on February 3, 2021
When the Server Side Public License (SSPL) was submitted to the Open Source Initiative (OSI), many people criticized it, and the license was ...

So you want to write a successful license

By Luis Villa on January 21, 2021
In early 2020, when international travel was still a responsible thing one could do, I gave a talk on "what makes a license successful" at FOSDEM in ...

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