class notes 4 18 - acavataio/ITC-136 GitHub Wiki

free software v. open source - licensing free software was a marketing gimick, open source gpl3 for legal liability and copying code to resell for profit protection, must keep to license with future work.

took break

gpl3 info sent out by instructor

look for EFF copy of GPL3

creative commons license - also sent out by instructor - for images and other creative work, allows changes but requires attribution and notation of changes. Often not technical basis but for creative objects in technical products.

instructor searches for cc-lic and license aggregates on google, goes over results

choose a license posted by instructor
Discuss Elon Musk and Tesla patents
Watch Elon Musk interview
Elon Musk Discussion:
-Not from open-source society
-Elon and OpenSource came to age at the same time
-opening patents may allow growth required to bring down cost to scale up his industry.
-altrusim v. opening the field.