
The Mighty Blog Restrictive Versus Non-Restrictive Open Source Licenses Dec 12 Written : by 12 12 2011 I am by no means an expert on open source licenses . nbsp I am not a lawyer . nbsp I have , however , been part of the overall open source software community since roughly around 1999 or 2000. During this time , I've dealt with open source software almost exclusively . nbsp It's a blur at this point . nbsp I began at a time where PHP was king , and Microsoft's now Classic ASP was trying to get in on the party . nbsp Long story short , I found out immediately that I loved open source software and I never looked back . nbsp There are many areas of concern when first embarking upon entering the open source community , much less choosing any software or platform to adopt , should you choose