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Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 6, 2026
How do open source licenses work, and what do they leave out?
An open source license is permission from the people who hold the copyright. Here is what that permission covers, how permissive and copyleft licenses differ, who can change a license, and what no license decides.
free softwareGPL
Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 5, 2026
From GNU to GitHub: what does the history of open source say about who decides?
Seven dated records, from a 1983 Usenet post to the GitHub mirror WordPress keeps today. For each one: what happened, who made the call, and where you can still read it.
free softwareGitHub
Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 4, 2026
Free as in freedom or free as in beer: which free does open source promise?
Free has two meanings in English, and software licenses care about only one of them. Here is what free as in freedom promises, what it leaves to the price tag, and where WordPress lands.
free as in freedomfree software
Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 4, 2026
What are the four freedoms of open source, and where does WordPress use them?
In 2006 I opened a theme folder and could read how the thing worked. That was one of the four freedoms of open source. Here are all four, where WordPress uses each one, and what the license leaves undecided.
four freedomsfree software
John Eckman
John EckmanJul 9, 2026
Code For the People
New short documentary (< 20 minutes) via Automattic about Open Source and the Future of the Web. If you're already working in open source there won't be anything new here, and if you're part of the WordPress community you might even wonder if the timing of this has anything to do with the WP Engine...
AIAutomattic
Google Open Source blog
Google Open Source blogNov 27, 2017
Adopting a Community-Oriented Approach to Open Source License Compliance
Today Google joins Red Hat, Facebook, and IBM alongside the Linux Kernel Community in increasing the predictability of open source license complian...
announcementscompliance
eve.gd: Martin Paul Eve
eve.gd: Martin Paul EveDec 30, 2011
Account aggregation with UK banks and a free software Lloyds TSB scraper
softwareGPL
eve.gd: Martin Paul Eve
eve.gd: Martin Paul EveNov 19, 2010
Rockaby: text annotation software [GPL, alpha, announcement]
Technologyrockaby

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