Open source licensing 101
Jim Jagielski offers an overview of the various FOSS license types available to the developer, exploring the advantages and disadvantages of each and sharing some helpful hints for picking the right license for your project.
| Talk Title | Open source licensing 101 |
| Speakers | Jim Jagielski (ASF) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Open Source Convention |
| Conf Tag | Making Open Work |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Date | May 8-11, 2017 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
| Video | |
There are dozens and dozens of free software and open source licenses, each with subtle differences and encompassing overlap. The choice of which license can be a daunting task, especially for developers or for companies seeking to release their code as open source. Many even don’t even understand the need to select a license in the first place. Jim Jagielski offers an overview of the various FOSS license types available to the developer, exploring the advantages and disadvantages of each (with use cases) and sharing some pragmatic suggestions for which licenses are better suited for certain situations without any pro- or anti-copyleft bias.
