ODH-004: Free Software & Open Source Licenses

Open Documentation Hour, 22nd March 2024

In this recording, we provide a high-level overview of open source licenses, and some of the implications for both documentation and code contributions.

From the Technical Authors team at Canonical, our Documentation Office Hours is recorded live every Friday. Anyone is welcome to join.

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00:00 Intro
00:05 Welcome
00:49 Introduction
01:45 Copyright vs Copyleft
02:52 Four Freedoms
06:00 Free beer vs Freedom
07:36 GPL "infection"
09:49 Permissive vs Restrictive
14:48 Free and open documentation
16:36 Questions and answers on:
16:46 MIT-style licences
17:48 Proprietary software with open source documentation
20:40 Unlicenses and public domain