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Licensing by fsfweb, Sep 18, 2019 02:47 PM

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John Sullivan - Panel: "Open source and free software license compliance and users" (FOSDEM, virtual event) by jrasata, Feb 01, 2021 06:51 AM

Confused by license compatibility? A new article by Richard Stallman may help by donaldr3, Feb 09, 2016 04:22 PM

Richard Stallman published a new licensing guide on gnu.org regarding license compatibility and relicensing.

Universal Permissive License added to license list by donaldr3, Sep 25, 2015 02:36 PM

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Free Software Licensing Resources by brett, Aug 22, 2019 03:03 PM

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Free Software Directory meeting recap for September 1st, 2017 by donaldr3, Sep 07, 2017 12:16 PM

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Introducing the Licensing team summer intern: Vinay Kumar Singh by wtheaker, Aug 05, 2013 11:54 AM

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Copyleft's decline: A claim without evidence by johns, Jul 10, 2017 11:40 AM