- [Schefter] Marvin Harrison Jr. has yet to sign a preliminary NFLPA licensing agreement that all draftees typically sign, which would allow his name and likeness to be monetized after he is picked tonight and before his NFL contract is signed. https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1783574983135916095?s=46&t=fwgmryeTanENut7u28ScCA 449 comments nfl
- Decentralized communication protocol Matrix shifts to less-permissive AGPL open source license - "[W]e have a similar situation where system integrators and defense firms are going and picking up our open source, selling it for huge amounts of money, and then not contributing anything back at all" https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/decentralized-communication-protocol-matrix-shifts-to-less-permissive-agpl-open-source-license/ 24 comments freesoftware
- Picking An Open Source License - A Framework https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we-picked-our-open-source-license-cloudkeeper-framework-kamp/ 5 comments opensource
- Olimpiu G. Urcan: In chess, become a grandmaster before your first cup of coffee, a 2600/2700-level globetrotter before getting your driving license, and win a world title before your first serious date, or forget about it and pick up some streaming skills. https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1475933525643710468 51 comments chess
- Picked MIT license for LaraOne CMS (Laravel & VueJS modern component-based CMS) None 3 comments laravel
- Pick the MIT license over public domain for your projects https://github.com/rbitdan/mit 42 comments programming
- Stop putting your project out under public domain. You meant it well, but you're hurting your users. Pick a liberal license, pretty please. http://linuxmafia.com/faq/licensing_and_law/public-domain.html 649 comments programming
- Class Action Suit Filed Against Rowan County, Clerk For Marriage License Refusals. "as a government official who swore an oath to uphold the law, she cannot pick and choose who she is going to serve, or which duties her office will perform based on her religious beliefs." http://www.aclu-ky.org/articles/class-action-suit-filed-against-rowan-county-clerk-for-marriage-license-refusals/ 24 comments politics
- A little trick the North Carolina DMV picked up from the Nazis: Second-class licenses for legal immigrants. http://www.aclu.org/human-rights/aclu-nc-criticizes-nc-dmvs-plan-issue-second-class-licenses-legal-immigrants 11 comments politics
- China Set to Punish Another Human Rights Activist - First the police crippled Ni Yulan’s legs. Then the authorities took away her license to practice law. Know the court is expected to sentence the couple on charges that include “picking quarrels” and disturbing public order. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/world/asia/china-set-to-punish-another-human-rights-activist.html?_r=1 20 comments worldnews
- "After frantic calls and a hearing...Gass learned the problem: An antiterrorism computerized facial recognition system that scans a database of millions of state driver's license images had picked his as a possible fraud. It turned out Gass was flagged because he looks like another driver, not" http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/17/man_sues_registry_after_license_mistakenly_revoked/?page=full 34 comments technology
- 'Joe the Plumber's' AZ driver license suspended - still owes more than $700 to the courts. Boy, McCain sure can pick 'em. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/128323 10 comments politics
- Charleston Mayor Danny Jones had misplaced his driver's license, and the expired one in his wallet wouldn't do, Then he remembered picking up a copy of Charleston Magazine http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_fe_st/odd_mayor_magazine_id 2 comments reddit.com
- Pick a License, Any License—Jeff Atwood's handy guide to software licenses http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000833.html 7 comments programming