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Kanji Name: 佐渡 秀治 I’d been involved with Linux since 1994 when I was still a college student, and it was in 1998 in Kyoto that I hosted Linux Conference which is known for one of the Open Source events at the earliest stage in Japan.
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MongoDB v. FerretDB: When Open Source Compatibility Becomes a Patent Risk
MongoDB's lawsuit against FerretDB has generally been understood as a dispute over FerretDB's use of the MongoDB name and brand, or over marketing claims such as "MongoDB compatible" and "an alternative to MongoDB." MongoDB itself has strongly argued that
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Why Copyright Analysis Alone Is Not Enough for Open Source Licensing
Where Japanese IP Advice Can Miss Contracts, Corporate Practice, and Community Norms I regularly receive requests for advice on the use of licenses, primarily Open Source licenses, and often have occasion to provide my own interpretation. In doing so, I s
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Why the World Needs Open Source AI
Three years ago, OSI began the process of creating the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID). I was involved in this long journey from the beginning as a volunteer, but at the time my strongest concern was simply that we must not undermine the values of the o
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Can You Relicense Open Source by Rewriting It with AI? The chardet 7.0 Dispute
Can AI be used to reimplement software with nearly the same functionality, and then even change its license as a result, in what might be described as a form of license washing? This issue has been discussed repeatedly for some time. Yet, setting aside di
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California's AB 1043 Could Regulate Every Linux Command, and the Open Source World Is Too Quiet
California's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), approved by Governor Newsom in October 2025, sets out a statewide age assurance framework for operating systems and app stores. It requires operating system providers to present an age and date-of-birth de
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