{"guid":"b3ebf68d-8a2a-4564-ab24-e013dc92ba1c","title":"The Developer's Guide to FLOSS Licenses","subtitle":"A talk about using free, open source licenses in everyday development.","slug":"froscon2019-2386-the_developer_s_guide_to_floss_licenses","link":"https://programm.froscon.de/2019/events/2386.html","description":"“Yes, your project needs a license.”\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nLicenses are the foundation of the free, open source world we know today. Yet\ndevelopers often try to avoid licenses and treat them more like an infectious\ndisease than something that might actually be useful.\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis talk strives to provide an overview of the hows and whys of open source\nlicensing as well as providing some tools and knowledge to make dealing with\n“the legal stuff” a lot easier. Without the need of becoming an actual lawyer,\none can thus already avoid a lot of issues for developers and users alike.\n\nDevelopers often do not care much about licenses and try to avoid dealing with\nthem. Yet these licenses are the foundation of the free, open source world we\nknow today and without them development itself would actually be a lot harder as\nwell.\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis general reluctance to deal with licenses can sometimes end up in\nproblematic situations for both developers and users and may even\nunintentionally render projects useless.\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nWith a few resources and some general knowledge, however, dealing with the\nbasics may even become easy.\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis talk will explore the following topics:\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“I am not a lawyer”, what I can do as a developer.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do I need a license anyway?\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't do that! Custom licenses and other bad ideas.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest practices.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResources and tools that make your life easier.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","original_language":"eng","persons":["Lars 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