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What's to say? My real name's Tom Yates; check my personal website for a touch more detail, if you want to. I've been a professional UNIX/network sysadmin since 1991, and currently sysadmin free software for a living through my own little company. I have been known to write for LWN.

For those kind enough to care, I take the masculine pronoun by preference. That's it.

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Is it wrong to demand features in open-source projects?
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Why does GPLv2 include a mailing address (51 Franklin Street) in the license notice?
Mar 7, 2022
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If someone else uploads my GPL'd code to Github without my permission, do they not put it at risk of being stolen by Microsoft?
Aug 5, 2019
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Can I ignore an open source license if I checkout a version that was released prior to the code having any license?
Dec 11, 2019
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Do I have to change license of fork if mainstream changes license?
May 26, 2020
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Can I modify an open source license to require that I be notified?
Jun 15, 2018
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Can there be a copyright on negative code?
Jul 19, 2020
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If I can't provide GPL source because a supplier did not provide it, am I at fault?
Apr 12, 2023
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What happens if a GitHub account for a popular open-source project is hacked?
Jan 25, 2025
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Is it legal for the author of an open source project to remove history of contributors' commits?
Feb 15, 2022

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