License Zero Blog

2020-02-12

Progress Report

schemas and new CLI are stabilizing
2020-01-30

Redesigning License Zero

notes on data records, protocol, building blocks, and motivation
2020-01-26

Dirk Riehle on Single-Vendor Open Source Firms

FAU's professor for open source is interviewing successful firms
2020-01-05

Notes on the Vending Protocol

more ways to buy and sell
2020-01-02

Two (And More) Can Play at this Game

welcoming xs:code, a new open source dual licensing platform
2019-12-15

Prosperity 3.0.0

noncommercial plus free trial, modernized
2019-12-15

No Private Changes in the Commune

RMS and Linus both wanted patches back
2019-11-30

License Zero 2.0

sell through L0, sell on your own
2019-11-21

Recommended Viewing: Russell Keith-Magee at PyCon Australia

flash back to 2015
2019-11-21

Two Bits

echoes of the dot-com bubble
2019-11-20

Public Roadmap

a website for ongoing and upcoming efforts
2019-11-13

Decentralized Dual Licensing

the bottom-up business model for open software
2019-11-05

Prosperity 3.0.0-pre.1

bringing Prosperity up to par with Parity
2019-11-04

Parity 7

a new major release at last
2019-10-20

Parity 7.0.0-pre.3

fast approaching 7.0.0
2019-09-21

Blue Oak for Permissive

retiring Charity in favor of Blue Oak
2019-09-11

Parity 7.0.0-pre.1

cleaner, clearer, and easier to read
2019-09-11

Patron License 1.0.0

reward patrons with license exceptions
2019-09-03

Subsistence Programming

funding failure has a name
2019-09-02

Kat Marchán’s System

putting L0 tools to work
2019-08-26

But You Said I Could

a clear-eyed view of open software funding, impediments, and possibilities
2019-08-24

Process of Elimination

destructive feedback you can expect for any credible funding idea
2019-07-12

Parity 6 is Parity-6.0.0

express your license choice with SPDX
2019-06-13

The Gospel In Brief

Share with fellow sharers. Charge everyone else.
2019-05-24

Patron License

tunnel licensing through patronage
2019-04-24

Enterpriseification

Open software changed big business. Should big business change it back?
2019-04-18

Diglossia

limits on software success, hidden in plain sight
2019-04-10

The Case for Selling Exceptions

a model for copyleft, in more ways than one
2019-03-25

Close to the Money

distinctions without difference in software distribution
2019-03-24

Founder Commitment

public accountability for the business side
2019-03-16

Sustainability as a Service

open questions in communication and approach
2019-02-28

Enterprise Pie

growing the pie doesn't guarantee a portion
2019-01-21

Parity 6.0.0

Ever shorter. Ever clearer.
2018-11-24

Parity 5.0.0

Listen to devs. Write a better license.
2018-11-08

A Quick Note on SSPLv1

pushing the same limit for very different reasons
2018-10-26

No Other Terms Before Me

the minimalist case for radical terms
2018-10-17

Mapping Open Business Models

a systematic approach to practical models, proven and innovative
2018-09-29

Coded Language

against the timid imagery of open source exceptionalism
2018-09-16

Against the Two-Party System

in defense of the forgotten third way in open software licensing
2018-09-14

Free to Take Freedom

Why can't free-for-free-software be free software itself?
2018-09-08

Google’s Sam Ramji on Dual Licensing

a very clear strategy for open source companies that is still working
2018-07-13

Talking About License Rules

a simple framework for grounded license-rule discussions
2018-07-04

Gainful Software in the Open

choosing an important word carefully
2018-06-30

npm, Ruby, Python, Maven, and More

first-class support for more package ecosystems
2018-06-26

Refining

better licenses, better tools
2018-06-14

Profit for Us, Sustainability for You

evolving the open source conversation to solve open source inequity
2018-05-13

Commons Club

open source as accessory, copyleft as network
2018-03-25

Availability Locks

freedom from choice might be what you want
2018-03-05

Withholding

open source doesn't have to mean less
2018-03-04

Fulcrums

what leverage do indie devs have to gain support?
2018-02-21

Relicensing Permissive Work

picking battles one at a time
2018-02-13

Peer Licensing Implemented

sustainable software through licensing, simplified
2018-01-28

A Peer Private License

draft of developer-to-developer commercial and closed-source license
2018-01-26

Developer Licensing

should License Zero stay between developers?
2018-01-25

Found Licenses

nail seeks hammer, any hammer
2018-01-22

Largesse Oblige

follow the money, note where it stops
2018-01-10

We Can Remember You For It Wholesale

maintainers, gone from my sight
2017-12-27

“De Minimis”

how not to disappear completely
2017-10-16

Mercenary Rapport

moral blindness in open source as social media
2017-10-15

Unsustainability at Scale

today's tools for yesterday's problems tomorrow
2017-09-15

A Hacker Public License

free for open source
2017-09-13

Open Source Accession via License Zero?

a paved path to permissivity
2017-09-12

The License Zero Manifesto

sustainable software in the open