Free and open source software (FOSS) is software that uses a software license that is both recognized as “free” by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and “open source” by the Open Software Initiative (OSI). The definitions of “free” (based on…
Copyleft licenses are also known as reciprocate, share-alike or restrictive licenses. These licenses allow you to modify the licensed code and distribute new works based on it, as long as you distribute any new works or adaptations under the same…
Permissive licenses are also known as BSD-style or Apache-style licenses. They contain minimal requirements about how the software can be modified or redistributed, clauses that are not existent in public domain or public domain equivalent licenses.. Permissive licenses are more…
This post provides an overviews on free and open-source software (FOSS) projects. Assessing whether a Software Project should be FOSS The answer to whether a software project should be FOSS or not depends on cultural beliefs, interests, needs and environment.…
A contributor license agreement (CLA), sometimes called participation agreement, is a document that defines the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to a project or organization. CLAs are typically used on FOSS projects. Reasons to use a CLA…
This post is an introduction to free and open source software (FOSS) licenses. This post is part of the series of articles, whose main post is Software Licenses. Definition of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Licenses In the world…
This post features free and open-source (FOSS) 3D computer graphics tools. List of FOSS 3D Computer Graphics Tools FOSS 3D computer graphics tools featured on this post: Blender Blender is released under a GPLv2-or-later license. Official website
This post compiles different ways to generate income when developing or managing free and open-source software (FOSS) projects. The posts goes beyond projects within the FOSS definition, and also covers related projects that fall under the definition of open core.…
This post summarizes characteristics of the different software licenses. It is part of the post about types of free and open-source licenses.. Choosing a License Each license is different, and they have different characteristics. There is no perfect license for…
This post is an introduction to RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), explaining its particularities and potentials. What is RISC-V? An instruction set architecture (ISA) is part of the abstract model of a computer that defines how the CPU is controlled…