November 10, 2010
Knight News Challenge clarifies open-source software requirements
For five years the Knight News Challenge contest has funded the development of many innovative digital news and information projects. This often involves developing software—and from the beginning, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has required that this software be open source. This open source requirement has caused some confusion.Yesterday the News Challenge clarified this requirement…
In the software world, “open source” has a range of definitions and implications, once you get down to the details of specific projects. This requirement also been a sticking point for some would-be News Challenge applicants—especially for-profit companies seeking to build a business with a competitive edge.
In a News Challenge blog post, Knight online community manager Jose Zamora explained:
“Since the Knight News Challenge is a giant research and development project, hoping to accelerate media innovation, using open source made sense, because once the base code is released, any organization, business or individual can use it.
“If you are a winner of this contest, you’ll still own the copyright on your intellectual property, including your software. But you will need to share the software you develop under a GPL license and any documents, manuals or instructions under Creative Commons licensing. (We will consider requests in writing for licenses other than GPL, but the applicant must be able to demonstrate that the project simply can’t be done using GPL, and also that it has charitable impacts at least equal to those from releasing the code free under GPL.)
“For-profit companies have always been able to participate in the Knight News Challenge, so long as they observe the open source requirement. There are two types of awards for businesses, grants and Program Related Investments. If a grant is made to a business, both the initial and future releases of the code need to be open source. If a PRI is made, only the initial release must be open source, and future versions can be licensed in different ways—but Knight’s investment is not a grant but a no-interest loan.”
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“If you are a winner of this contest, you’ll still own the copyright on your intellectual property, including your software. But you will need to share the software you develop under a GPL license and any documents, manuals led light or instructions under Creative Commons licensing. (We will consider requests in writing for licenses other than GPL, but the applicant must be able to demonstrate that the project simply can’t be done using GPL, and also that it has charitable impacts at least equal to those from releasing the code free under GPL.)
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