COMPSCI 92L Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Viral License, Conditionality, Copyleft
11 May 2016
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When we create a web app to display a randomized list of classmates" birthdays, we can code a set of instructions in php, which makes requests to the server, and then outputs this request to the webpage. East coast, west coast open source code. East coast - don"t tamper with copyright code. West coast - open to reusing open-source software in other programs, new school . Similar to copyright issues in music, where artists will remix, mashup and cover prior recorded works (ex. Ice ice baby baby, vanilla ice got sued for copying someone else"s work) It is possible to remix analog music. Linus torvalds created an intersection between coding as a philosophical art (richard. Stallman) and coding as a business model rather than ethical/software (cathedral) Free redistribution - can"t force someone to use it, nor can you prevent the sale of open source code. Source code - must be available, cheap or free.
