an unusual non-commercial hardware-software combo license from 3D printing
a very short non-production license with twists
cheap chatbot summaries take important choices away
shorter, better noncommercial license terms for software
shorter, better noncommercial license terms for software
a thoroughly modern contract case
the cost of wizardspeak comes due in our time
moving past the fantasy of consistency
have and belong to many readers
Access 4 Learning’s data privacy terms for schools and vendors
what the court actually said about Trump’s tariffs
a line-by-line reading
available intuition for avoiding big risks
still stronger claims of self-authority in OSI’s new AI “definition”
parallels weak and strong
unexpected wisdom from a motorcycle channel
handy redline and takeaways
open source security today is different in kind
my favorite heretical UNIX programs
it’s just a license
forgetting licensing history past, we fail to repeat our successes
James Bottomley on liability, politics, and forgotten boilerplate
fund the Web’s actionable allow-list of software licenses
a simple, solid form for changing your license later
streamline and revise for easier reading
decouple license rules from how we relax them
this is not a bad thing
an unsurprising admission in Conservancy v. Vizio
trading chips progression for chips advantage
free briefs of new cases
going-forward and retroactive
a license operator and a business model
putting finer points on established fuzzy terms
CLAs go wrong when they act like hiring terms
Creativity Machine guy assumed away the debate and lost
a new benchmark for presenting license change
fear, uncertainty, and doubt upon ethical licenses
Internet down hard
two new laws on social media and children
thirty-five years standing over a bad assumption
the wheel of software delivery keeps on turning
another noncommercial model license, kind of
the pointy-headed corpo-types warned us
thoughts from a recent review
more scheduled for next month
a reassuring dive into contract interpretation
yes, lawyers actually do this
Does AI devs want to fight abuse, or just not feel bad about enabling it?
how to say “irrevocable” like you mean it when you just revoked everybody’s licenses
call in and ask me questions
runaway sales speak hits the curb again
newsroom licensing strategy in familiar software terms
neglected Torvalds straight-talk on how great software gets made, and by who
one software store, many corporate faces
coders who can’t afford to do open source will revolutionize software
can’t we just link to the licenses file for our JavaScript?
now with mergers and acquisitions terms
if you want “waive” or “dedicate”, you should probably just “license”
the awkward hole in free and open IP
links, notes, asides, details, and parentheticals
future Supreme Court justice to young lawyers in 1939
out of office August 7 through 20
a gotcha for legal power users
learn some law without totally warping your brain
father of FORTRAN on programming in the fifties
blockchain deserves no regulatory favors
what everyone should know about texting, chatting, and the law
a Russian-language rap translation
refined scheme for functional prose projects
a plan to evolve legal drafting
the mystery of the ritual runs deeper than law
lawyering by rote in the crazy 1990s
proprietary done right can beat free and open for users
a few free packages I’ve come to use
hire the nerds for peace, profit, and progress!
donors ask questions, panel of licensing lawyers answers
everywhere it looks, OSI sees itself, and in triumph
fundamental techniques for Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and others
a quick translation
yes, you can switch from MIT to something else
Russian tech source reports state mulling GitHub clone
Boris Grebenshchikov in London
my show is canceled, business news reports
donate money against this horrible war
too many devs pretend otherwise
We know how to pay devs for software. Some of us just prefer not to.
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
East Oakland Collective’s EBMUD hydrant meter is ready for action
much improved by generous feedback
refining acquisition-specific terms to the standard business NDA
cutting-edge legal terms for software license sales
use a real noncommercial software license
getting company to pay you isn’t just about a legal entity
event-based meatspace task management
pithy wisdom from days of yore
addressing an interesting Utah peculiarity
another mutation from the cauldron of CLA angst
seeking help naming a concept
adding acquisition-specific terms to the standard business NDA
good shorthand against bad mental shortcuts
taking back contributor licensing for developers
view page source ain’t what it used to be
Theory of Operation, updated and expanded
explainer page for cross-border legal help
quick thoughts on the Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016
where are our stories of tech folks done wrong?
hip hop terms through a software lens
a giant step forward for East Oakland Collective and EBMUD
a step-by-step guide to comparing legal drafts
improved US hiring forms and terms
SFC’s Vizio suit brings the right kind of claim
expanding standardization to single-user deals
discovering and addressing a lapse in typing technique
what goes where and why, in brief
cooperation, licensing, and money in 1998
out of office August 29 through September 8
legal access to public water for the East Bay’s unhoused
a couple hurdles jumped
contract power is in your hands
dispelling magical DCO thinking to reveal the system below
announcing PolyForm Commercial, with a call for help
listing licenses I’ve contributed to
small terms fixes, big presentation improvements
seventies-era automation for the working lawyer
a FRAND-ly license for software
one-page URLs for common concepts and conundrums
data from public records request
a scene stalwart turns “ethical”
a standard one-way nondisclosure agreement
bold text from the key findings
good names for the next standard NDA?
hooking into academe for fair code credit
writing new licenses isn’t scary
open source without great men
a countervailing force toward specialization
a mirror on meritocracy
ask for the money you need so people can actually pay it
lawyers dissect specific contract language
returning from a double bout of nerve pain
a clear-eyed view of open from 1999
false comfort in U.S. military spending
they’re even more important during pandemic
Justin Colannino on what’s up with new software licenses
a long-awaited pen arrives on US shores
plain language should come in plain pieces
learn computer templateering in five minutes flat
a short study in the rhetoric of policy
avoid legal structures designed to constrain you
how did those famous terms come about?
decentralized stewardship of collaborative projects
a code-for-credit software license
an incomplete list
someone tell the enterprise about Open Source 2.0
in response to Luis Villa on SSPL and OSI
effective folk licensing in the wild
stop wasting time on nondisclosure agreements
we used to have a principle for this
fair terms. free forms. back to work.
a guided introduction for first-timers
that’s the point, or at least it used to be
OSI swings at Elastic, misses, and leaves a mess
hydrant-based access for the homeless of the Tenderloin
a code of conduct with teeth, in the wild
web exceptionalism swings both ways
have it your way ‘til they can afford to have it theirs
panning for hope in a very angry America
less paper, easier reading
remembering the other way to see our problems
in praise of bad propaganda
pitch clients
throw off your jargon and be free
digging up the land mines of attorney-client relations
prepping for the obvious
thanks for letting us know
managing uncertainty at the fringes of open licensing
a problem of pattern recognition
sustainability, government style
local news org covers water access proposals
flameless light and power stopgaps for the homeless
open letter for homeless access to water
one source of complexity in intellectual property terms
common quips on website terms miss the point
Eventbrite falls into the terms of service trap
a view from outside
a writing is a writing is a writing
streamlining for small, fast commits to personal records
free no-log, no-track privacy policy
another new first edition and website
first edition and new website
pointless costs of ancient licenses
the antitrust division groks open source strategy
musings of a Drop City scholar
public license for From Dictatorship to Democracy
analogies galore in Oracle v. Google oral argument
major league copyright lawyering at bat
professional ethics as the missing root of entitlement?
on the books since 1965
latest lessons and tips
giving a specialized field its due
major food groups for clients
compendium of concepts, theories, and theorists
tech exceptionalism in limp words and phrases
now comes the coder-celebrity
first-read highlights
working up a playbook for supplying urban campers
banish them from permissive open source
recognizing professionalism in local public service
first-read highlights
lawyers learning from scientists
prying open “software freedom”
narrative error in policing
recommended overview and primary sources
facing the mirror in a time of inequality
feedback strikes again
“defund the police” through the lens of “open source”
that’s my hero story, and I’m sticking to it
different delivery, same rules
reading and hearing American police unions
a conundrum in four panels
simple templates for restricted terms
money, gas, rubber, and “fuck”
plain and simple DMCA safe harbor terms
a flyover, firsthand account of rally and march
ready for the field
new name, new terms, same great idea
recognizing overwork in the field
springboard website terms of service
standardized contracting can also be flexible
two new, long-awaited forms
putting a name to a tool
vocabulary for lawyer involvement and influence
if OSI owned it, they wouldn’t be so touchy about it
long-serving micro-groupware
agreements incorporating all their terms by reference
law can learn a lot from the trades
critical and alternative views on free and open source software
the glory and agony of Georgia v. Public Resource
ground game for safer group takeout
compare Common Form markup online
Elinor Ostrom without boundaries
try Common Form’s editing tools online
publish, share, save our souls
stop buying software from assholes
software freedom without programmers
if you can’t negotiate, castigate?
remembering the Great Recession
conflict or convenience?
public licensing for pandemic response
Why are the last PolyForm licenses taking so long?
another everything-but-SaaS license
low bow to the legal laity
if you’re not hurting, try helping
the open share-alike hardware license we actually need now?
formatted, linked, and linkable
medical device company devises copyleft license
Californians probably can’t do advance directives right now, but that’s likely not what they need
beyond the latest office software
new edition of an oft-recommended book
another way to see new posts
business models, licenses, role playing
Nintendo purges Mario from Dreams
Can we get our end-of-life wishes down without breaking health orders?
looking for lawyers, translators, and editors
shareable explainer page
a strange thing about learned language
mouse best plans, but what ado now?
“neo-closed” will come and go
shorter, higher-level, more fun
another good excuse to order in Chinese
reviewing the terms you’ve already agreed to
war is over, want it or not
law’s retrograde rep is more about tech than law
a video game for making video games
if software matters, it’s already political
ethics, open source, and free riding
text and quick thoughts
section 230 is but one kind of subsidy
small tweaks to better accommodate readers
limits on effective data copyleft
if you wish to make a great hacker from scratch, let them reimplement the universe
the game that never ends
achieve more meaning and feel less alone
if the virus wasn’t scary, would we wash out hands?
February 23 to February 29
(from the companies who use it)
plain, minimal form
Marc Jones on oddities in OSI-approved licenses
harassment made the list, and should have
See you there?
reality-driven expectations
naming for purpose, not implementation
famous projects that started noncommercial
bringing the best of Parity to API Copyleft
one-way video as hackable interactive medium
Amazon versus Startups and the New York Times
lawyers earning their stereotypes
why don’t we do the obvious thing?
Moxie Marlinspike, wiser than he may have known
permissionless license development now
a noncommercial, small-biz license with a big-biz fair terms guarantee
score one, illegal art people
How can a license say what “fair” is ahead of time?
smart people don’t understand lawyers’ disclaimers
my go-to web applications and utilities
learning from others
new subcommand and metadata standard
collecting points and counterpoints
line-by-line and off-the-cuff
key quote form a great paper
copyleft across different kinds of work
scapegoating free software’s failures
office out, travel in?
a new riff on the Apache patent bargain from China
free and open is ethos licensing, too
similar licenses, very different receptions
law brut with ASCII art
short introduction and license families
protecting the integrity of a standard form
notes from a quick read of H.R. 2426
test cases for new public licenses
reading list for lawyers new to open source
essential concepts and vocabulary for cross-license collaboratives
decentralizing contributor license agreements
towards constructive collaboration across practice communities
please stop paying me so much to fix reps and warranties
they won’t see your funding plea if they never look
in defense of Seth Vargo and morality-first licenses
licensing gives developers much-needed flexibility
three better ways to express yourself and your company
considering an open legal podcast
forthcoming talk at a conference
more mandatory reading from Kate Downing
my annotated copy of the statute
a more adaptable, international standard
a few thoughts on a friend’s podcast appearance
a general-purpose legal tool to require credit for open work
seeking quick reads from non-US counsel
the NDA for your personal information
standard noncommercial software licenses at last
unique compilation of arguments and dynamics
open source advice for new programmers breaking into the industry
a call for help from common-law colleagues
a snail mail experiment
farewell, Twitter
the end of club rule in open source law
essential industry background for reading open software licenses
how open licensing blew its biggest opportunity of the 2010s
simple, standard, plain-language software licenses
graduate to new public license terms
exploring the crosswise policy biases we learn from open software
how to type when the pain puts you on your back
open source’s narrow focus further empowers those with other ways to exclude
activist approval does not track practical needs
a redline (diff) with important network terms highlighted
stop wasting time on NDAs
endorsements can’t fix the Open Source Definition
a new proposal, schema, and tools
the status quo, plus money for devs
repairing broken steps to software license Nirvana
automatically reward supporters with copyleft exceptions
just four licenses for all of open source
bringing openness to software of moral concern
towards selective or consistent copyleft
it’s time to retire thirty-year-old academic licenses
opening the software commons to everyone
the copyright giant has a policy
developing resource for indie-ready business models
a comprehensive curriculum for new license wonks
evident demand for license rules on API boundaries
first release of API-boundary copyleft form
functionality, interfaces, and line drawing in a new copyleft paradigm
developing a standard paid-software license
first shot at a short, plain license in the vein of Mongo’s SSPL
open software by closed methods
write out the purposes of legal terms in contracts
professional availability now online
a redline (diff) showing substantive changes
a minimal, functionalist view of open source
Did permissive used to advantage open work like copyleft does today?
making money by choosing what to give away
an in-depth review of commonly cited criteria
loopholes, licenses, and realpolitik in open source
the missing vocabulary of copyleft design
crosspost from the License Zero blog
first stab at a pragmatic best-practice guide
attacking the NDA problem with standards networks
dispensing software licenses in the Internet era
relicensing without foundation, BDFL, or unanimity
do not do or die
gun-shy insurgents and the heavy weapons of IP law
celestial finance for earth-bound developers
assurance contracts for short-term open software maintenance
nits picked in the developer terms for a new pay-the-devs company
Where’s the fifth freedom?
takedown power for DIY developers
marriages of licensing convenience, and changed circumstances
defining open source for fun and profit, in the shadow of the enterprise
tips for values-forward reformers
a strong-attribution open source license
TechCrunch article on problems and solutions
simple tools for drafting to be proud of
work made for hire contracts can make contractors employees for state employment insurance purposes
open form plain-language processor addendum
open form terms of service for websites
peer to peer prose editing
read these books
a fast, easy, and free way to secure scientific methods and findings for the public domain
kinds of help I could use
sharper tools, finer toolmarks
a redline (diff) showing changes
wandering ever closer to LISP
you may want to subscribe on License Zero, too
a redline (diff) showing changes
licensing with friends, improved and improving
farewell, Medium
fine-grained means of abstraction in legal drafting
a redline (diff) showing changes
moral blindness in open source on social media
today’s tools for yesterday’s problems tomorrow
indie coder, promote thyself!
doing IP law wrong, and getting away with it
sustainable software in the open
thinking about direct lawyer guidance on rxnda.com
against demise of the hacker public license
breaking the NDA logjam
reading the tea leaves of the Commission’s first major ICO report
an open form contract for open source contractors
legal terms for paid web apps, now available in the English language
another view of Open Source
a short, practical guide to open source software for programmers at work
the pain and confusion of common open licenses, roughly quantified
short-order feedback on the default contributor license in GitHub’s draft terms of service
no holy fools for Open Source
171 words every programmer should understand
Who keeps a blockchain’s conscience?
The writing on the door.
I am just a copy of a copy of a copy. Everything I say you have read before.
fundamental abstractions reviewed and revisited
publicly licensed, publicly available intro for non-lawyers
or, a few things learned the hard way
Confidentiality rules and procedures for the great Common Form library in the sky
A first attempt at useful, responsible Common Form annotations
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all on GitHub.
Safe open-source licensing means more than a LICENSE file.
The tangled web of one start-up equity plan
Sucks less than CLAs!
Text and my first thoughts on a new, non-open source form license
In feigned ignorance there is no grace.
An open legal operating system for start-up technology companies
Enumeration is an essential contract drafting tool. Don’t disclaim it!
Document assembly can make ambiguity even harder to spot.
A tough Common Form design decision explained.
Fighting insertion of unexpected terms in automated form contracts
Changes to Facebook’s patent grant for React, Flux, Immutable, &c.
How signed is signed enough for a hosted software licensing deal?
Overview of existing Common Form software for programmers
Verifiable contracts should help consumers, too.
Markdown isn’t great for contracts. HTML5 is better.
Common Form for paper people
Might we write contracts like we fill shopping bags at the grocery store?
If contract section numbers are just another namespace, can they be replaced with defined terms?
From code to law and back again
What if open-source contributors could submit patches anonymously and choose to claim credit later?
Ancient and modern principles of contract interpretation work against contracts made of modular parts
Quantifying the negotiating process to mount attacks on the confidentiality of a public contract forms repository
as found at the feet of my bills
What do the FTC’s 2014 privacy and security enforcement actions teach tech companies?
Composable, verifiable, shareable form contracts for the modern practice of law
An ECMAScript module fusing Node.js error-first convention with continuation passing style, plus a twist to make composed stacks of asynchronous functions dynamic
Cheap storage technology isn’t just changing what information we store; it’s also changing how we store familiar kinds of information. Both developments have implications for privacy.
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