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diff --git a/notes/reasearch/1.links.org b/notes/reasearch/1.links.org index 0b4ddf8..3a26ef5 100644 --- a/notes/reasearch/1.links.org +++ b/notes/reasearch/1.links.org @@ -1,36 +1,50 @@ -* topics (17/09/24) -- opensource vs propritory licenses -- software licenses and their ethics -- exploring software licenses -- to what extent do software licenses effect the software -- to what extent do software licenses change the development of software -- how do software licenses effect the distribution of software - -* links (17/09/24) -** licenses (17/09/24) -*** open (17/09/24) -- MIT [https://opensource.org/license/MIT] -restriction free, or there abouts, it makes the developers non liable for any damaged caused because of the software -- GPL V3 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html] -all about keeping the users freedom, by forcing software licensed with it to remain in an opensource form, meaning it cannot -be relice -- GPL V2 [https://opensource.org/license/gpl-2-0] -- LGPL V3 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html] -- LGPL V2.1 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.en.html] -- AGPL V3 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html] -- BSD 3 clause [https://opensource.org/license/BSD-3-clause] -- BSD 2 clause [https://opensource.org/license/bsd-2-clause] -- BSD 4 clause [https://choosealicense.com/licenses/bsd-4-clause/] +* links (17/09/24) (19/09/24) +** papers and people (19/09/24) +*** very helpful (19/09/24) + - a colection of all or richard stallmans paper's [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf] (first published in 2002, updated 2004) + - a paper written by Nicolas Jullien (prof. at IMT) comparing and contrasting open vs proprietary software [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2559454_Open-Source_vs_Proprietary_Software] +*** rather helpful (19/09/24) + - lawrence lessig is a researcher of law and political acitavist who has been tied with open/free software + for a long time, he is the editor of the stallman papers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig] + - larry wall, he is the designer of the perl language, and is pretty influental in the open soures space, + he has done work with UC berkeley. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall] +*** of minor note (19/09/24) + - edward snowden, leaked NSA documents, while note about the licneses very much about keeping things open and avalible, + a paper writen on the effects of his actions can be seen here [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275019554_The_Consequences_of_Edward_Snowden_NSA_Related_Information_Disclosures] +** licenses (17/09/24) (19/09/24) +*** open (17/09/24) (19/09/24) + - MIT [https://opensource.org/license/MIT] + restriction free, or there abouts, it makes the developers non liable for any damaged caused because of the software + - GPL V3 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html] + all about keeping the users freedom, by forcing software licensed with it to remain in an opensource form, meaning it cannot + be relicensed + - GPL V2 [https://opensource.org/license/gpl-2-0] + much the same as the GPL V3 but it can have a few differences specifically towards internationalization + DRM and patents. + it is often seen as controversal however due to some of its changes a video of linus talking about it + can be found here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaKIZ7gJlRU] + - LGPL V3 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html] + the LGPL is like the name says it is a lesser version of the GPL, it can be relicensed under any license + it can be used as a smaller part of nonfree software unlike the GPL + can require nonfree software as a dependacy. + - LGPL V2.1 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.en.html] + much the same as the V3 but without the changes to patents and other things like that + for ideas on the 2.1 vs 3 its much the same as GPL V2 to V3 + - AGPL V3 [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html] + the AGPL provides much the same as the GPL however it has an added clause for servers/networked machines + if a fork of an AGPL project pushes an update to its users, it must be made avalible in source form + for both anyone. EXAMPLE, ive made a mesaging app under AGPL, another person forks it and adds + the ability to send images, they must make the code relvent to that open and avalible to avoid + my project becoming obsolete + - BSD 3 clause [https://opensource.org/license/BSD-3-clause] + - BSD 2 clause [https://opensource.org/license/bsd-2-clause] + - BSD 4 clause [https://choosealicense.com/licenses/bsd-4-clause/] *** propritery (17/09/24) -- AFPL [https://web.mit.edu/ghostscript/www/Public.htm#fulltext] -- CC by nc [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/] -- traditional copyright [see your countrys laws for more] -- MicroSoft software license [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-software-license-terms-e26eedad-97a2-5250-2670-aad156b654bd] -- apple licenses [https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/] -- google corporate license [https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-corporate] + - AFPL [https://web.mit.edu/ghostscript/www/Public.htm#fulltext] + - CC by nc [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/] + - traditional copyright [see your countrys laws for more] + - MicroSoft software license [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-software-license-terms-e26eedad-97a2-5250-2670-aad156b654bd] + - apple licenses [https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/] + - google corporate license [https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-corporate] *** no license -- nothing to see here - -* notes (17/09/24) -there doesn't seem to be many general use propritory licenses, most programs get their own licence, look into large companys -IE apple, microsoft google + - some projects are under no license which is a similar effect to open source licences |