From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Why Do Farmers and Nomads Fight?

by Gil Yehuda on August 17, 2010

in Enterprise 2.0,Open Source


I was in a meeting last week with people arguing about certain specific legal issues in the Open Source world.  It was clear to me the argument was not easy to resolve because the parties came from opposing world-views.  Not being afraid to discuss “Weltanschauung” in this blog, drawing from many philosophical, anthropological, and religious ideas, [...]

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Why Read the Contract?

by Gil Yehuda on August 12, 2010

in Open Source


Open Source, at it’s core, is a legal matter.  Most people in the Open Source community don’t see it that way.  But consider this.  This is code. class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(“Hello World!”); } } If this was a bit longer and not so common it would be an example of “proprietary code” owned by my current [...]

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Give Me That Open Source Religion.

by Gil Yehuda on August 6, 2010

in Enterprise 2.0,Open Source


I don’t mean to talk about religion in the conventional sense — the belief in a divinely revealed  guide for a proper life, and all the philosophical and ritual trimmings that come with it.  I’m generally a fan of the “strive to do good and avoid evil” message that religions usually preach.  I have my way [...]

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