Large-scale empirical study finds most open source projects unlicensed, permissive licenses rising, and license type changes impacting activity variably by ecosystem like reduced in C and increased in Python.
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The Prevalence and Impact of Licenses in Open Software Projects
Large-scale empirical study finds most open source projects unlicensed, permissive licenses rising, and license type changes impacting activity variably by ecosystem like reduced in C and increased in Python.