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title: "Simplify Licensing Code with REUSE"
date: 2021-09-17
categories:
- english
- presentation
tags:
- REUSE
headerimage:
src: eurobsdcon-2021.jpg
alt: Intro slide of my presentation at EuroBSDCon 2021, showing the title "Simplify Licensing Code with REUSE" and the EuroBSDCon 2021 branding
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video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06aJomRgzFA
slides: https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20210919-mm-EuroBSDcon-REUSE.en.pdf
event:
name: EuroBSDCon 2021
href: https://2021.eurobsdcon.org/home/speakers/#simplify
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At EuroBSDCon 2021, I introduced the REUSE initiative to the OpenBSD community, demonstrating how this approach can simplify licensing practices for Free and Open Source Software communities like theirs. The talk focused on the practical challenges developers face when trying to properly license their code and how REUSE's three simple rules can solve these problems. This presentation was particularly relevant for the OpenBSD ecosystem, where licensing clarity and permissive licenses play a central role in the community's values.
I walked through real-world examples of licensing ambiguity and its consequences, then showed how REUSE's straightforward approach adding licensing information to each file, including license texts in a standard location, and confirming full adoption removes these pain points. The talk covered the REUSE helper tool, which automates much of the compliance work, and demonstrated how projects can adopt REUSE gradually without disrupting their existing workflows.
The OpenBSD community's focus on permissive licensing and clear legal status made this an ideal audience for REUSE principles. The discussion highlighted how REUSE complements OpenBSD's licensing philosophy by making it easier for developers to properly attribute work and maintain clear licensing information throughout long lifecycles.