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Our Freemium Future: Development teams take advantage of free, entry-level versions of software 

CTOvision

CTOs should consider having their development teams take advantage of free, entry-level versions of software – known as freemium software – to test out the functions of commercial products. Either home-grown or licensed from a vendor who billed you for maintenance at periodic intervals? Freemium rides the agile development wave.

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My take on open source licenses : spf13.com

SPF13

My take on open source licenses. Open Source licensing can be a confusing and daunting task. Most developers simply adopt licenses of other popular projects. Most developers simply adopt licenses of other popular projects. Both licenses are very similar. This is the most popular Open Source license.

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Five Shades Darker? – What The Diageo “Indirect Access” Judgement Really Means For SAP Customers

Forrester IT

At last, exactly two years later, the long-awaited sequel to my hit, if overly censored, blog post: Five Shades Of Grey (How software buyers and license managers should be compliant without being submissive).

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Google Images is making it easier to license photo rights

The Verge

Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed to make it easier to license photographs or pictures that are covered by copyright. Images with licensing information provided by the publisher will now appear in search results with a “Licensable” badge over the thumbnail.

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Wizards of the Coast reverses stance on controversial licensing revision following outcry

GeekWire

The policy shift concerns the Open Game License (OGL), a public copyright notice that Wizards of the Coast, headquartered in Renton, Wash., It announced via its official community blog that it would create a new Open RPG Creative License, or ORC, that’s designed to be “open, perpetual, and irrevocable.”

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Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., 17 promise to reverse course. revenue share. “We

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

We like to self-flagellate in journalism, and here is another birch twig to … Read more on The Guardian (blog). Facial recognition software that can identify suspects, databases that can be tapped to track suspects’ movements and locations, automatic license plate … Read more on Los Angeles Times. Open thread.

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