This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we’re going to discuss open source licensing and help everyone navigate this critical part of open source ecosystem. Then we’re going to discuss some disturbing surveillance laws that are currently impacting our friends in Australia. Plus we’ve also got our famous tips, tricks and software picks. All of this and so much more this week on Destination Linux. So whether you’re brand new to Linux and open source or a guru of sudo. This is the podcast for you.
Podcast (mp3): Play in new window | Download | Embed
Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Subscribe to All DLN Shows in ONE Feed!
https://destinationlinux.network/feed/allshows


Hosts of Destination Linux:
Ryan (DasGeek) = dasgeekcommunity.com
Michael Tunnell = tuxdigital.com
Jill Bryant = jilllinuxgirl.com
Noah Chelliah = asknoahshow.com
Want to Support the Show?
Support us on Patreon = https://destinationlinux.org/patreon
Support us on Sponsus = https://destinationlinux.org/sponsus
Destination Linux Network Store = http://dlnstore.com
Want to follow the show and hosts on social media?
You can find all of our social accounts at https://destinationlinux.org/contact
Segment Index
- 00:00 = Welcome to DL 242
- 00:45 = Community Feedback: Advice for Working in IT & Changing Careers
- 02:20 = Brandon from Sudo Show Join Us To Answer Chris’ Question
- 04:35 = How To Send Us Feedback
- 05:04 = Digital Ocean: Managed MongoDB ( https://do.co/dln-mongo )
- 06:46 = Open Source Licensing Explained (GPL, Apache, BSD, MIT, MPL)
- 30:42 = Bitwarden Password Manager ( https://bitwarden.com/dln )
- 32:47 = News: Australia’s Unprecedented Surveillance Bill Rushed Through Parliament
- 44:52 = Linux Gaming: Axis Football 2021
- 48:33 = Software Spotlight: NeoFetch
- 50:55 = Tip of the Week: Automation with CronTab (crontab-generator.org)
- 55:50 = Outro
- 57:47 = Outtakes
Just listened to the show. Great topics, so big thanks to the crew.
Also somebody seems to listen to Darknet diaries as well.
PREFACE: Hopefully this is taken as constructive criticism, as I love this show and network. Also, I am not a lawyer…just a humble software developer. Take with a hefty dose of salt.
Oof, the license section was difficult to listen to. I understand not wanting to start license wars, but by not having any developers or open source project leaders on this segment it sounded…uninformed to say the least. You need people with some stake or skin the game to give full opinions and nuance. There are huge, non-inflammatory discussions to be had around things like:
There are also more in-depth conversions that could be had too like, when should one pick the AGPL over the GPL (i.e. they’re actually for different types of projects. But people may not know that pick GPL just because that’s what they’ve heard of, and end up hurting themselves or their project because of it). etc.
A good resource for the quick and dirty with software licenses is https://tldrlegal.com which gives the plain English terms of most licenses.
Other than that, great show
Keep up the great work.
I appreciate the feedback. We had this exact discussion in the pre-show and perhaps we should have been more clear that this episode is meant to act as a foundation. The goal is to expand on this topic further but as we have an audience with varying degree or knowledge it is important to set groundwork on licensing in general before going in-depth into a license comparison. Just know we hear you and plan to have some more in-depth discussion on licensing in the future. With that said, I also expect that people will disagree with our conclusions in these more specific conversations as licensing is not cut and dry.
Thank you for posting the link. It’s a good starting point for further investigation.
Thanks for alerting us to the horrific legislation enacted by the Australian parlamenmt .No judicial review? That’s all I have to say on this forum.
Continue the discussion at discourse.destinationlinux.network
6 more replies