Open Source Delivers

Wind River delivers operating system platforms that serve as the nervous system for our customers’ products (e.g., cameras, printers, infotainment systems, aircraft and Mars rovers). We are, in a way, [...]

Today, the rapid proliferation of software, particularly open source software (OSS), means it’s time for engineers and general counsels to have a serious talk about open source. Unfortunately, this is [...]

It’s cold and flu season, and what better time to try to eliminate the “viruses” from open source software licensing? Open source advocates can be pedantic about terminology, and flame [...]

It’s been almost six years since the release of GPL version 3.  During the revision process, which lasted over two years and veered toward walk-away controversies more than once, hundreds [...]

The year 2012 had many important FOSS legal developments which reflects the continued increase in FOSS use. During a recent webinar with Black Duck, we noted that FOSS projects have [...]

Talend, a licensor of open source enterprise software, has recently received a ruling from the U.S. Customs Service corroborating that its software complies with the Trade Agreements Act 0f 1979 [...]

About two years ago — more or less for my own amusement — I wrote a piece about weird licenses that had been uncovered by the Black Duck KnowledgeBase team. [...]

As a lawyer and entrepreneur with a passion for open source, I’m often asked about my perspective on OSS, both in Denmark and beyond.  I have worked with OSS for [...]

As Black Duck’s in-house counsel, I talk to many lawyers representing our customers and in the Global 2000 generally. I’ve found that there is a common misperception around the impact [...]

Mergers and acquisition activity is beginning to pick up again after a few lean years. In my job as open source advocate at Dell, which has acquired a number of [...]