One of the most often overlooked–yet arguably most important–issues in software development is copyright and licensing of works. In particular, I will discuss how this affects the open source software community with relevance to the Debian project.
As with any artistic or creative works, software is protected by copyright and its use is often governed by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Computer Science’
Software Licensing and Copyright
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, tagged Best Practices, Computer Science, Copyright, Debian, Licensing on 20 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debian Perl Packaging: Where I Lied
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, tagged Best Practices, Computer Science, CPAN, Debian, Debian Packaging, Perl, Standards, Support, System Administration, User Experience on 15 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so this is a long-awaited follow-up to my first post on the topic of Debian Perl Packaging. Some of you might note I was pretty extreme in the first post, which is partially because people only really ever respond to extremes when they’re new to things. When you first begin programming, the advice you [...]
Dual Booting Debian and VMware
Posted in Computer Science, User Friendliness, tagged Computer Science, Debian, System Administration on 18 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so allow me to explain my personal development platform. I use Windows XP Professional as my primary operating system for various reasons, but I develop software for Linux (mostly because I like Linux, but also because I intend for a lot of my software to be used on my own servers, all of which [...]
