Open-source licensing for engineers: a corporate codebase guide
Legal is not reviewing every npm install — you are. Here is the practical check to run before adding a dependency, and the licence type that catches most SaaS teams off guard.
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Legal is not reviewing every npm install — you are. Here is the practical check to run before adding a dependency, and the licence type that catches most SaaS teams off guard.
The 80% savings claim for self-hosted LLMs is arithmetically correct on a fully-loaded GPU. Here is what the calculation looks like when you count correctly.
Four of the biggest open-source relicensing controversies from 2023–24 now have enough distance to read clearly. The outcomes are not what either side predicted.
Between 2021 and 2024, three major open-source projects changed their licences to fight cloud providers. Two reversed within two years. The record tells a clear story about what actually works.
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