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What's to say? My real name's Tom Yates; check my personal website for a touch more detail, if you want to. I've been a professional UNIX/network sysadmin since 1991, and currently sysadmin free software for a living through my own little company. I sometimes write for LWN.

For those kind enough to care, I take the masculine pronoun by preference. That's it.

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Is it wrong to demand features in open-source projects?
Feb 4 '21
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If someone else uploads my GPL'd code to Github without my permission, do they not put it at risk of being stolen by Microsoft?
Aug 5 '19
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Can I ignore an open source license if I checkout a version that was released prior to the code having any license?
Dec 11 '19
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Do I have to change license of fork if mainstream changes license?
May 26 '20
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Can I modify an open source license to require that I be notified?
Jun 15 '18
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Relicensing content under CC-BY-SA
Jan 31 '20
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Can I publish a GPL source I'm being paid for to develop?
Oct 16 '20
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Why is there no public domain licensing in Europe?
May 27 '20
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Is it legal to use GPL code in a proprietary, closed-source program by putting it in a separate, standalone program?
Jul 9 '18
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Can there be a copyright on negative code?
Jul 19 '20
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