The Meshed Matrix

Legally Ignoring The License

It's time for the open source movement to stop tolerating the "special" ones who opt out of the terms of their community's open source license.

Jun 14, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

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May 2021

That's Not Relicensing!

Using open source elsewhere is not relicensing, it’s overlaying a second license.

May 28, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

April 2021

An End To API Gaslighting?

The Supreme Court decision in Oracle vs Google ends a decade-long nightmare for open source developers.

Apr 9, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

March 2021

A Rights Ratchet Score Card

A draft scorecard for determining if a software project is open as bait for a business pivot or genuinely keeping your freedoms protected.

Mar 18, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

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What Did Sun’s OSPO Do?

Started in 1999, established as an official corporate function in 2005, Sun’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO) was among the first in the industry and…

Mar 16, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

Accommodating Open Source In Standards Processes

Holders of zero-tolerance positions on both sides of the SEP divide need to realise that accommodating open source productively inside standards bodies…

Mar 11, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

Growing Blueberries

Why accommodating open source at a standards body is like growing blueberries.

Mar 9, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

Software Freedom For Business Value

Software freedom is important to as an idea, but it also creates all the value of open source for business and should be jealously guarded by OSPOs.

Mar 4, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

Permission Beyond Licensing

Is that single-company-controlled project actually open source in the sense of delivering software freedoms to you or just about delivering prospective…

Mar 2, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

February 2021

OSPOs as Community Advocates

Is your Open Source Program Office just part of your corporate defences, or is it the community’s advocate inside your company as well?

Feb 25, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

Corporate Maturity As Stochastic Outcome

Corporate open source maturity may be better evaluated by considering the actions of individuals and small groups statistically rather than evaluating…

Feb 23, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

How Much Interoperability Is Enough?

Policymakers considering interoperability mandates are doing the right thing but need to be watchful for extremes of perfection or compromise, which…

Feb 16, 2021 • 

Simon Phipps

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