Intro to Open Source Licensing

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Copyright is the default and choosing a license decides who may use modify and redistribute code not just its topic. The session distills open source promises to permits use modify and share, contrasts three families — Apache License 2.0 MIT BSD permissive, LGPL/EPL weak copyleft, and GPL/AGPL strong copyleft that forces derivatives to be GPL — and highlights practical effects: patent clauses matter adoption differs by license, dual licensing and contributor agreements change commercialization, and license choice shapes community and risk.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:08Why Open Source Licensing
3. 8:42Promises
4. 12:39Licenses
5. 13:01Give Me Credit
6. 16:59Give Me Everything
7. 19:08The Cookie
8. 25:24Walled Garden Environment
9. 27:15Benevolent Dictator
10. 29:19Meritocracy

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