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How not to do Open Source Licensing, with Trigger.dev founders Matt Aitken and Eric Allam Episode 109

How not to do Open Source Licensing, with Trigger.dev founders Matt Aitken and Eric Allam

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There are more and more open source DevTools startups. I’ve interviewed dozens. But I am still confused about open source licenses. So I decided to ask questions to two people who actually understand them: my friends Eric and Matt - founders of open source background jobs tool Trigger.dev.

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What we discuss:
  • Two Key Questions for License Selection
  • What are the benefits of permissive licenses?
  • What are the main licenses?
  • Why shouldn’t you write your own (open source) license?
  • What is Copyleft?
  • Post Open Source" Movement
  • (00:50) - Open Source Licensing
  • (18:18) - Protective Licensing
  • (23:12) - Copy Left Concept
  • (43:30) - Wordpress

Trigger:
Licenses
References

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Creators and Guests

Elliott Roche
Producer
Elliott Roche
Freelance Podcast Editor
Eric Allam — ☀️/trigger.dev
Guest
Eric Allam — ☀️/trigger.dev
Founder at @triggerdotdev, the OSS serverless platform with no-timeouts. Member of the YC W23 batch. Also building https://t.co/FPMDqZC9Nn. #bitcoin
Matt – Trigger.dev
Guest
Matt – Trigger.dev
Founder @triggerdotdev (YC W23), co-creator of https://t.co/JuvHAucFQf. Programmer and winner of 2 Apple App of the Years

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