“What is the point in obtaining a copyright in software? Not much, if Google can copy 11,500 lines of your code and it can still be a fair use. Copyrights just don ...

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At first glance, Matthew Macy seemed like a perfectly reasonable choice to port WireGuard into the FreeBSD kernel. WireGuard is an encrypted point-to-point tunneling protocol, part of what most people ...

"Our bad," declares company, deciding that the Mozilla Public License is once again an option for Google Code projects. Also added: the Eclipse Public License. Stephen Shankland Former Principal ...

In early 2025, a class-action lawsuit against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI over Copilot’s use of open-source training data ...

A group of nine application security service providers announced they would "fork" the popular code-scanning project Semgrep, creating a new codebase, after a series of moves by the eponymous startup ...

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First master licensing framework for Pluto Code enables a global pharmaceutical organization to expand centrifuge-free automation across its liquid-handling infrastructure without repeated ...

A new open-source build of the popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) editor stripped of Microsoft customizations and released under a "real" open-source license is now available. VSCodium is not a fork ...

Alibaba shut down Qwen Code's free tier today, following a license bait-and-switch from fellow Chinese company MiniMax.