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…
This post provides some hints to do a free and open source (FOSS) software project. Aspects to consider when building a Free and Open-source Software Project Aspects to take into account when making a free and open-source software (FOSS) project:…
This post is an introduction to free and open data licenses. List of Open Data Licenses Open data licenses: Open content licenses like Creative Commons also apply. PPDL Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PPDL). It is published…
This post summarizes the main free and open-source (FOSS) desktop environments for Unix-like and Linux OSs. List of Linux Desktop Environments List of Linux desktop environments: The most popular are KDE Plasma and GNOME. Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Common Desktop…
This post summarizes some Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) widget toolkits or libraries for the video game Python module Pygame. List of GUIs for Pygame GUI widget toolkits for Pygame: Pygame GUI is one of the newest, as it was released…