When the Cloud Changed the Terms
The 2018 to 2021 relicensing wave: when the cloud made the old open terms unsellable.
932 words · 5 min
The record
the episodes on file: the essay that came first, the shared source era and the relicensing wave
Kept in this part
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The Essay That Came Before the License
The 1999 Liberal Source essay: the idea that code could be open and paid for, before the license existed.
902 words · 5 min
The Shared Source Era, on the Record
Microsoft's 2001 shelf: read the code, sometimes change it, never quite own the rights.
950 words · 5 min