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Amazon’s quiet open source revolution

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Toward policy for open-source software as infrastructure

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Open Source Bait and Switch

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Time Till Open Source Alternative

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The open source paradox (2020)

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Leaving Facebook/Meta was the best thing we could do for the community

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The future of innovation has patent-free standards

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Producing Open Source Software (2020)

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A cautionary tale from the decline of SourceForge

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FOSS devs are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging their own projects

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The gift of it's your problem now

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On commercial forks FOSS projects

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“Open source” is not broken

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“Open source” is broken

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My proposal for scaling open source: don’t

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Licenses alone do not govern behavior in open source

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Open source is not a business model (2018)

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Making is show business now (2020)

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I wouldn't invest in open-source companies, even though I ran one

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Open source means surrendering your monopoly over commercial exploitation

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When free software isn't practically superior (2015)

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Firefox Was Always Enough

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Open-source paved the way for today’s remote software development processes

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The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders

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There's Still No Viable Open Source Business Model [video]

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Copyright vs. Copyleft (2007)

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PostgreSQL community impact of 2nd Quadrant purchase

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The open source paradox

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Jitsi’s Emil Ivov on scaling up during a pandemic

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Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014)

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Freedom is not simple

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Why Software Should Be Free (2002)

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The third wave of open source migration

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Toward Copyleft Equality for All

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Google files opening Supreme Court brief in Oracle v. Google copyright lawsuit

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Who eats who in open source

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Who does that server really serve? (2010)

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Open-source companies gather to gripe: Cloud giants sell our code as a service

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My Personal Journey from MIT to GPL

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Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses

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Open Source Is Winning, and Now It's Time for People to Win Too

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What comes after open source

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The culture war at the heart of open source

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Open source confronts its midlife crisis

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Why There Will Never Be Another RedHat: The Economics of Open Source (2014)

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Why There Will Never Be Another Red Hat: The Economics of Open Source (2014)

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Open-source crypto is no better than closed-source crypto

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Companies that contribute to open source can gain a competitive advantage

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I was wrong (part 2)

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New analysis reveals significant ROI in open source technologies

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How I realised “Free Software” is a better term than “Open Source”

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What makes us Red Hat

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Why companies don't do GPL enforcement

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When Free Software Isn't (Practically) Superior

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Building an Open Source Service

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GNU founder Stallman: ‘Open source is not free software’

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RMS on the Ogg Vorbis license (2001)

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The unsung heroes of scientific software

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The strange economics of open-source software

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Why I am pro-GPL

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Walmart Labs: Why we run an open source program

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GCC, LLVM, Copyleft, Companies, and Non-Profits (2014)

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Who Does That Server Really Serve?

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The failed economics of our software commons and what to do about it

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With Assembly (YC W12), anyone can contribute to open-source and get paid

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GitHub monoculture

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Linux should be a part of School Education

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Apps, made better by everyone

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12 Years of GPL Compliance: A Historical Perspective

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A few thoughts about Open Source Software

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Things That Are Never Admitted About Open Source

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Eric Raymond: Why I think RMS is a fanatic, and why that matters

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I'm not good enough to work on open source software

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Open-source skills best hope for landing a good job

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Open Source (Almost) Everything

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I develop free software because of CUNY and Blackboard

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We need a GitHub of Science

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Why do programmers write apps and then make them free

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Challenging the MLS Monopoly

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One Small Leap for Open Source, One Giant Leap for Mankind

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Red Hat Asks Supreme Court to Review Software Patents

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Should I open source my company? (2022)

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Releasing my tools under the MIT License was probably a mistake (2023)

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GNU Justified Public License

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