# Intellectual property readings

For now this is just a harsh compilation of resources with no particular order.

## Opinion

[Why "non-commercial" is a "non-good" idea for your project](https://www.ladyada.net/library/openhardware/license.html)

[Sustainable creativity in a world without copyright](https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/23/Sustainable-creativity-post-copyright.html)

[Toward Copyleft Equality for All](https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jan/06/copyleft-equality/)

[As the open source world has grown, so have concerns about the context in which openly licensed items are used. ](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210524/14315746865/second-cambrian-explosion-open-source-licenses-is-it-time-open-source-lawyers-to-have-fun-again.shtml)

Open Design. It is the way - on [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2014/06/30/why-open-design/)

[When Open Becomes Opaque: The Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies](https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/07/12/when-open-becomes-opaque-the-changing-face-of-open-source-hardware-companies/)

Is Prusa going closed source? Some info on this Prusa blog post: [The state of open-source in 3D printing in 2023](https://blog.prusa3d.com/the-state-of-open-source-in-3d-printing-in-2023_76659/) and a couple of replys from [Stargirl Flowers](https://blog.thea.codes/a-reply-to-josef-prusa/) and [Michael Weinberg](https://michaelweinberg.org/blog/2023/04/05/prusa-response/)

## Guides / compilations / selector tools

Write Free Software [site](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/)

[Understanding legal implications of open source](https://opensource.guide/legal/)

[License compilation](https://opensource.org/licenses)

[License Selector by EU Commision](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/solution/joinup-licensing-assistant/jla-find-and-compare-software-licenses)

## Legal / cases

[The legal side of open source](https://ben.balter.com/2014/10/08/open-source-licensing-for-government-attorneys/)

[Youtube-dl DMCA](https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md)

[Makerbot 3D Printers](https://hackaday.com/2012/09/20/makerbot-occupy-thingiverse-and-the-reality-of-selling-open-hardware/)

[Brute-Forced Copyrighting: Liberating all the melodies](https://hackaday.com/2020/03/05/brute-forced-copyrighting-liberating-all-the-melodies/)

[Multimeters without a country: Flukes broad trademark bans yellow multimeter imports](https://hackaday.com/2014/03/19/multimeters-without-a-country-flukes-broad-trademark-bans-yellow-multimeter-imports/)

[GitHub Copilot and open source laundering](https://drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Copilot-GPL-washing.html)
Github's copilot code laundering but with music : https://fairuseify.telnet.asia/

[Infrigement in AI Art](https://www.technollama.co.uk/copyright-infringement-in-artificial-intelligence-art)

[Github Copilot Investigation](https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/)

[Are Patent Claims Coming For Your WS2812?](https://hackaday.com/2018/07/31/are-patent-claims-coming-for-your-ws2812/)

## Information

[Multi-licensing wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing)

[Microsoft repo installed on all Raspberry Pi’s](https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/lbu0t1/microsoft_repo_installed_on_all_raspberry_pis/)

[Idea - Expression of idea Distinction](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea%E2%80%93expression_distinction)

[OSHWA Certification API](https://michaelweinberg.org/blog/2020/10/23/oshwa-cert-api/)

[CERN License 2.0](https://michaelweinberg.org/blog/2020/03/23/cern-license-2-0/)

## Web Sites

[**F**ree **S**oftware **F**oundation](https://www.fsf.org/)
> The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users. ...

[**GNU** Operating System](https://www.gnu.org/)
> GNU is an operating system that is free software—that is, it respects users' freedom. ...

[**C**reative **C**ommons](https://creativecommons.org/)
> CC is an international nonprofit organization that empowers people to grow and sustain the thriving commons of shared knowledge and culture ...

[Public Money - Public Code](https://publiccode.eu/)
> Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software? ...

## Books
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|[](https://biblioweb.sindominio.net/telematica/catedral.html) | **La Catedral y el Bazar** <br/> Eric S. Raymond
|[](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54226795-mine) | **Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives**<br/>Michael A. Heller, James Salzman
|[](http://eprints.rclis.org/12851/1/pekka.pdf) | **La ética del hacker y el espíritu de la era de la información**<br/>Pekka Himanen