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Talk Idea: Code Licensing #54

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gauthierm opened this issue Sep 8, 2016 · 0 comments
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Talk Idea: Code Licensing #54

gauthierm opened this issue Sep 8, 2016 · 0 comments
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  • What are the various open-source licenses you'll encounter and what do they mean?
    • MIT
    • Apache2
    • GPL 2/3, variants
    • LGPL 2/3
    • BSD
    • Creative Commons family
    • Public Domain
  • How can you legally use or modify code in your projects using those licenses?
  • What does using an open-source license for your own code mean? Why would you do this?
    • Copyright assignment pros/cons
    • CLA pros/cons
  • What are some proprietary license examples?
  • How do you make money if your code is free?
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