Exploring Licensing and Open Source Challenges

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The chapter delves into the strategic use of various licenses for different components of the product, such as Apache 2, GPL, and GPO, to balance open-source development and software protection. It discusses decisions around open sourcing most of the project while keeping server-side code under GPL, facing competition challenges, and legal considerations. The chapter also addresses the aftermath of recent announcements, the reception on social media, and the increased community engagement, along with insights on metrics tracking, AI integration, and leveraging open AI API for code accessibility.

The Zed text editor has come a long way since Nathan Sobo came on the show last year to tell us about this follow-up to Atom. Zed is open source now, has the underpinnings of collaboration built in, is beginning its journey toward full extensibility, is coming to Linux soon & shows serious promise if Nathan’s team can mix their secret sauce just right.

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