What You Need To Know About Open Source Licenses And Intellectual Property

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• Episode: What You Need To Know About Open Source Licenses And Intellectual Property
• Website: The Python Podcast.__init__
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• Duration: 01:02:58
• Published: 2019-01-29 00:56

As a developer and user of open source code, you interact with software and digital media every day. What is often overlooked are the rights and responsibilities conveyed by the intellectual property that is implicit in all creative works. Software licenses are a complicated legal domain in their own right, and they can often conflict with each other when you factor in the web of dependencies that your project relies on. In this episode Luis Villa, Co-Founder of Tidelift, explains the catagories of software licenses, how to select the right one for your project, and what to be aware of when you contribute to someone else's code.