Comments on: Open Source licenses gain teeth http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/14/open-source-licenses-gain-teeth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-source-licenses-gain-teeth An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Childs http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/14/open-source-licenses-gain-teeth/#comment-7022 Peter Childs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:01:55 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4311#comment-7022 As someone new to coding - I refer to coding forums and platform advocate blogs frequently to understand use cases, follow tutorials and for code samples. What I've found is that while the core of an Open Source project is covered by clear license terms often the documentation - sometimes requiring extensive code samples to illustrate - are left to community forums and advocates to develop and provide. What's frustrating - and frequently an impediment to re-using this work - is that no license information is provided on these sites. As someone new to coding – I refer to coding forums and platform advocate blogs frequently to understand use cases, follow tutorials and for code samples.

What I've found is that while the core of an Open Source project is covered by clear license terms often the documentation – sometimes requiring extensive code samples to illustrate – are left to community forums and advocates to develop and provide.

What's frustrating – and frequently an impediment to re-using this work – is that no license information is provided on these sites.

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