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Licensing: "Open Source" and When Code 'Leaks'

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 10, 2025

Ali Reza Hayati ☛ DHH & Open Source

DHH & Open Source It’s a very a nice read regarding software freedom and licenses from Matt Mullenweg. But please note that the blog post mentions “open source”; the GNU Project recommends the expression free/libre software instead.

Heather J Meeker ☛ X Sues Over Open Source “Exfiltration”

This week, a new lawsuit cropped up relating to corporate open source releases.  X Corp. v. Yao Yue and IOP Systems, ND Cal, filed 12/4/2025 X, the-micro-blogging-service-formerly-known-as-Twitter, sued Yao Yue, a former engineer at X, alleging theft of proprietary source code.

Kerrick Long ☛ Did 37Signals Just Accidentally Make Writebook Open Source?)

If you “buy” Writebook today for $0, the download does not include a license file. There is also no public GitHub repository for Writebook, even though there is one for Campfire. But if you click any of the links to the license agreement on the Writebook website, all you see is the MIT License. It does not restrict the Software in those ways.