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Bruce Perens (born around 1958) is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source .
May 14, 2024 · I am on a well-known broadcast/podcast, I think Friday. If you are concerned that I haven’t given someone credit or that history has been misrepresented: I was recorded for three hours, and what they called me to fact-check would be just a few minutes on the air.
Bruce Perens is one of the founders of the Open Source movement in software, and was the person to announce “Open Source” to the world. He created the Open Source Definition, the set of legal requirements for Open Source licensing which still stands today.
Dec 27, 2023 · Asked whether the adoption of non-Open Source licenses, by the likes of HashiCorp, Elastic, Neo4j, and MongoDB, represent a viable way forward, Perens says new thinking is needed. He's not a fan of licenses like the Commons Clause, which is at the center of a legal battle involving Neo4j.
Apr 30, 2024 · Twenty-six years on, Perens has published his initial draft of this improbable effort, the Post-Open Zero Cost License. He's been working on it for a while but it's not ready for use yet. He said he'll either have to pay a lawyer or find a qualified volunteer to get the text into shape.
Twenty-six years on, Perens has published his initial draft of this improbable effort, the Post-Open Zero Cost License. He's been working on it for a while but it's not ready for use...
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