Is open source software licensing broken?

Posted by bob on Feb 24, 2020 11:30 AM EDT
Opensource.com; By Scott K Peterson
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Practices and expectations that one may have developed in working with conventional software licensing may lead to frustration when confronting open source software. The modest request, "Please, just show me the license" may be met with an unsatisfying response. While sometimes the response is very simple, often, the license information for open source software is more complicated and does not match the expectations set by conventional software licensing.

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