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Prusa Research introduces the Open Community License to protect open source 3D printing hardware — new rules aimed at addressing industry abuses

Full STEP and Fusion CAD files for the CORE One+ and CORE One L are now available on Printables under the new OCL license.
TechCrunch

Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing

With the perennial tensions between proprietary and open source software (OSS) unlikely to end anytime soon, a $3 billion startup is throwing its weight behind a new licensing paradigm — one that’s ...
Law

Open Source Licensing Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Application

The cost-free nature of open source AI software does not necessarily equate to automatically being risk-free. As is explained below, a company should carefully consider the risks of using open-source ...
TechCrunch

Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay

Cockroach Labs, the business and core developer behind the eponymous distributed SQL database known as CockroachDB, is changing its licensing once again — five years after it moved on from an open ...
SiliconANGLE

How the open-source world is wrestling with security and licensing issues for generative AI

The rise of generative artificial intelligence has been accompanied by a growing debate within the open-source community: Are OpenAI and other model providers really open, and how trustworthy is the ...
Business Wire

Valkey Emerges as Leading Open Source Alternative to Redis After Relicensing Row

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Percona, a global leader in enterprise-grade open source database software and services, today announced the release of a new research report, “Key Value Stores: ...
InfoWorld

Implications of open source licensing on business model

It’s sometimes been said that the GPL is the best license for building an open source business. The reasoning is straightforward: The GPL has a reciprocal property such that those who embed and ...
InfoQ

Redis Switches to SSPLv1: Restrictive License Sparks Fork by Former Maintainers

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SD Times

Navigating unexpected license changes in open source software

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...
CRN

The 10 Coolest Open-Source Software Tools Of 2025

The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 include software for developing AI agentic applications, managing streams ...
Computerworld

Open-Source Licensing

An open-source software license permits users to read, access, change and reuse the source code of a software product. Whether it’s Apache on your Web servers or Linux supporting your databases, free ...