The open content licensing standard for the AI-first Internet
What is RSL? | RSL: Really Simple Licensing
The open content licensing standard for the AI-first Internet
OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts
Reddit’s signed AI licensing deals with Google and OpenAI.
Open source is NOT a business model (and your business will fail if you think that it is)
I do not agree to the use of my copyrighted content for the training of AIs, LLMs, or similar technologies.
The Agentic Web and Original Sin
Microsoft is putting forth compelling proposals for the Open Agentic Web. However, the proposal needs digital payments, which will be key to creating a new content marketplace for AI.
The Agentic Web and Original Sin
Microsoft is putting forth compelling proposals for the Open Agentic Web. However, the proposal needs digital payments, which will be key to creating a new content marketplace for AI.
Everything an open source maintainer might need to know about open source licensing | Ben Balter
There's lots of internet lore around open source licensing. An attorney and open source developer answers the most common questions.
Exclusive: Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says
Multiple artificial intelligence companies are circumventing a common web standard used by publishers to block the scraping of their content for use in generative AI systems, content licensing startup TollBit has told publishers.
AI proxy: fostering a more open ecosystem - Blog - Braintrust
Introducing Braintrust's latest feature: an AI proxy that lets you use open source models like LLaMa 2 and Mistral, as well as all of OpenAI's and Anthropic's models, behind a single interface with caching, security, and API key management built in.
AI and the Destruction of the Creative Commons
The balance of software copyright protection and openness has always been fraught with minutiae and detail that bores all but the most nerdy of pedants. Yet, through much effort and 40 years of debate we had reached an equilibrium. Now AI has thrown that out the window.
Licenses Alone Do Not Govern Behavior in Open Source
I put things here so they are on the internet
Open Source Beyond Licensing - The Evolution Ahead
Boris Mann's digital garden and personal site.
Some argue that dual-licensing in commercial open source indicates a lack of ability to provide superior service
This is obviously wrong. The use of dual licensing and the ability to provide superior service for open source are unrelated forms of competitive advantage, and without further circumstances, a bus…
Content Independence Day, one year on- building the business model for the agentic Internet
One year after declaring Content Independence Day, a dynamic market for monetized content has officially emerged. In this report, we examine how the rise of autonomous AI agents is upending traditional search referrals and detail the new infrastructure required to support a sustainable web economy.
