Comments on: License distribution http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/ Fri, 18 May 2012 23:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: grex http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-948 grex Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:09:04 +0000 http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/#comment-948 Niklas, have also a look at the data provided by the <a href="http://ossmole.sourceforge.net">OSSMole</a> project. They spider SourceForge periodically and offer publicly the data. Niklas, have also a look at the data provided by the OSSMole project. They spider SourceForge periodically and offer publicly the data.

]]> By: Niklas Vainio http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Niklas Vainio Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:04:49 +0000 http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/#comment-925 Actually, I noticed SF software map has filters that can be used to obtain this information. I'll post it later. Actually, I noticed SF software map has filters that can be used to obtain this information. I’ll post it later.

]]> By: Niklas Vainio http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Niklas Vainio Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:53:50 +0000 http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/#comment-920 It really is May 2002. See above for sources. I wrote a script to get some more data from the Sourceforge site so we can see what happens when we only look at stable/mature projects. I'm downloading at the moment, I hope SF is okay with that... It really is May 2002. See above for sources.

I wrote a script to get some more data from the Sourceforge site so we can see what happens when we only look at stable/mature projects. I’m downloading at the moment, I hope SF is okay with that…

]]> By: grex http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-919 grex Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:46:12 +0000 http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/#comment-919 No conclusions ;-), but some comments: The pace of new projects seems to be almost linear (I suppose it should be May 2003 not May 2002), around 10,000 projects per year. I would even say that the current period is not the most fruitful in that sense. This is probably due to other SF-like systems as Savannah, BerliOS and so on. Maybe many GNU GPL applications that may had started in SF have finally chosen Savannah, although I haven't found stats about licenses there. I see that the proportion of GPL in the 1,700+ BerliOS projects is around 68%. No conclusions ;-), but some comments:

The pace of new projects seems to be almost linear (I suppose it should be May 2003 not May 2002), around 10,000 projects per year.

I would even say that the current period is not the most fruitful in that sense. This is probably due to other SF-like systems as Savannah, BerliOS and so on.

Maybe many GNU GPL applications that may had started in SF have finally chosen Savannah, although I haven’t found stats about licenses there. I see that the proportion of GPL in the 1,700+ BerliOS projects is around 68%.

]]> By: Niklas Vainio http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Niklas Vainio Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:15:39 +0000 http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/#comment-918 I added a line for total number of projects in the table. Any interesting conclusions? I added a line for total number of projects in the table. Any interesting conclusions?

]]> By: grex http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/comment-page-1/#comment-909 grex Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:46:46 +0000 http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/18/license-distribution/#comment-909 Very good idea! It would be interesting to see how much 100% is for every sample. Maybe GPL has lost 3%, but the number of applications has more than doubled. Very good idea! It would be interesting to see how much 100% is for every sample. Maybe GPL has lost 3%, but the number of applications has more than doubled.

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