For many reasons, existing open source licenses are not a good fit for AI. Simply put, AI involves more than just software and most open source licenses are designed ...

The new definition of open must consider implementation, specification, and governance as three critical factors that must be woven together. Open source has never been just a licensing model. Rather, ...

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If a company releases its technology with an open-source license and no one looks at it or builds on top of it, does it matter? Community is critical for an open-source project. The first reason is ...

Over the last few years, companies like Redis, Elastic, MongoDB, and HashiCorp have abandoned their open-source license roots and switched to proprietary models. However, there is one significant ...

Whereas industries at large are rapidly expanding their usage of artificial intelligence (AI), business leaders may not appreciate how they have similarly been expanding their use of open source ...

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Open Source, Closed Door: Managing Patent Risk in Open Source (OSS)-Driven Products Practitioners often describe OSS as a “legal minefield.” The metaphor is apt, but incomplete. The risk is not simply ...