While the GPL v3 is a more recognized and established open source license, the recently-released EUPL v1.1 is making waves licensing world. Unique in its encouragement of interoperability, freedom, and lack of license lock-in upon redistribution, the EUPL it represents a divergence from the typical freedoms afforded by GPL and most other OSI-approved licenses.
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Freedom and Choice in Open Source Licensing: Comparing the EUPL v1.1 and the GPL v3
By Ernest Park • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Open Source Licensing
What Does Oracle’s Buyout of Sun Mean to Open Source?
By Ernest Park • May 1st, 2009 • Category: ArticlesThere’s been a lot of commotion around Oracle’s recent $7.4 billion bid for Sun Microsystems, but what does it really mean to the open source community and Sun’s open source components — especially MySQL? In this article we’ll take a look at some of the possibilities and examine the potential impact of each on the future of open source software.
