A software license is a written or digital document accompanying the software the defines the terms and conditions to use it. It is based on copyright laws, that protects the source code behind software. This post enumerates the main categories…
Source-available, viewable, shared, or read-only open-source software licenses are those that allow the code to be seen but is has restrictions on its modification, distribution and use so it makes it not eligible for FOSS. As it allows to access…
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 features some libraries or game engines written in JavaScript for video games development. List of JavaScript Libraries for Video Games JavaScript Libraries for Video Games featured on this post: The most popular are GDevelop and melonJS. GDevelop It…
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…
Software bill of materials (SBOM) is the list of components that conforms a given software. SBOM management should be part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). SBOM may be compound by: There was an infamous security incident related to SolarWinds…
Software versioning is the process of assigning version names or numbers to software. Software Version Assignment Some software assigns the version to the software automatically. Software created Visual Studio separates four numbers with dots. The meaning of each number is:…
This post features some reimplementations of MS-DOS video games. List of Reimplementations of MS-DOS Game Engines List of reimplementations of MS-DOS Video Games featured on this post: ScummVM (SCUMM) ScummVM is a reimplementation of the SCUMM game engine (1987), used…
This post features IT technologies to work with geographic and geographic data. This post is an introduction to GIS. Geospatial Data Structures Geographic data structures featured on this post: GeoJSON GeoJSON official website GIS Digital Images Types of GIS digital…
This post is an introduction to software reverse-engineering (RE). Software reverse-engineering is the process of reverse-engineering existing software where there is no or little or no insight about how the program works. For example, if we have already access to…