The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead Within 5 Years
Now that reimplementing software is so easy to do, copyleft is crumbling. The Linux kernel may well be next.
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Will the Linux Kernel Be the Last GNU Public License Project Standing?
The GNU Public License was once extremely popular in the FOSS world. But over recent years, its popularity has rapidly faded and the nails in its coffin are really starting to stack up. Most recently, Ubuntu has announced they're swapping out coreutils for an Apache-licensed alternative.
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Bored of the MIT and GPL Licenses? Switch From That Lame Old Legalese to One of These 10 Awesome Licenses!
The GNU GPL, BSD license, MIT...those are so last century. Today we have many other cool licenses to use and you should definitely switch all your code to one of these.
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Invitation To Join Me For MIT's Free Online Operating System Course!
Did you ever have something you wanted to do for a long time but never actually started? Maybe something that seemed too big or too difficult? For a long time I've wanted to take MIT's Operating Syste...
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