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A 51-year-old Davenport man faces felony charges after Scott County Deputies allege he did unlicensed HVAC work, according to court records. Jason Marchant faces a charge of ongoing criminal conduct – unlawful activity, along with first-degree fraudulent practice and three counts of second-degree fraudulent practice, court records show. The charges are in connection with incidents […]

In recent years, several high-profile open source companies have made headlines by shifting their licensing agreements away from purely open source models. MariaDB was first with its introduction of the Business Source License (BSL) in 2016 and was closely followed by MongoDB, Confluent, Redis Labs, and others. Now, HashiCorp is the latest company to follow this trend and announce its switch from an open source to a non-compete license. Non-compete licenses mimic open source by allowing users to...

A leak of internal Dungeons & Dragons licensing agreements, if accurate, gives Hasbro’s golden goose some very sharp teeth. It also loops in Kickstarter in a plan to discount projects run through its leading crowdfunding platform.

An exclusive look at Wizards of the Coast's new open gaming license shows efforts to curtail competitors and and tighten control on creators of all sizes.