{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-ts","path":"/open-source-code-allows-your-community-to-give-helpful-feedback/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Clausehound Blog","author":"Joshua Koudys"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"00ca5959-5eeb-5b04-918d-cc99aa52f8da","excerpt":"When drafting an API licensing agreement, it may be prudent to consider that the less one-sided the restrictions are, the more the API will attract innovation…","html":"<p>When drafting an <strong>API licensing agreement</strong>, it may be prudent to consider that the less one-sided the restrictions are, the more the API will attract innovation by open source developers.</p>\n<p>This article discusses the success of <em>Joyent</em>, a company that emphasizes <strong>open source code</strong>. In an interview with their CEO, the CEO emphasized their business model which is that open source is the most important part of infrastructure software today. “Open source is an approach that works, and we’re sticking to it.” It allows the community to give feedback and innovate, benefitting the company in the process. </p>\n<p>Moreover, Joyent supports the Node.js Foundation project which is a platform to build cloud management software. The use of foundations to govern the development of open source platforms encourages neutrality and balance among the community stakeholders - the vendors, contributors, and users. According to Joyent’s CEO, “it’s part of the new era of open source foundations, one in which corporate neutrality, transparency and innovation are the guiding values.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2015/09/special-exclusive-qa-with-joyent-ceo-scott-hammond/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the article here.</a></p>\n<h3>Takeaway:</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Restrictions on the use of the API are needed to protect the security of the software, the website, the users, and the data associated with the site, but companies who wish to encourage the growth of a third party developer community should use legal restrictions in a way that does not seek to exploit (and discourage) the third party developers.</li>\n</ul>","frontmatter":{"title":"Open Source Code (API) Allows Your Community to Give Helpful Feedback","date":"November 14, 2015","description":"When drafting an API licensing agreement, it may be prudent to consider that the less one-sided the restrictions are, the more the API will attract innovation by open source developers.","author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal","bio":"Rajah Lehal is Founder and CEO of Clausehound.com.  Rajah is a legal technologist and technology lawyer who is, together with the Clausehound team, capturing and sharing lawyer expertise, building deal negotiation libraries, teaching negotiation in classrooms, and automating negotiation with software.","image":{"childImageSharp":{"fluid":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","aspectRatio":1,"src":"/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/bdd4d/Rajah.jpg","srcSet":"/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/2b9ee/Rajah.jpg 80w,\n/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/e5d64/Rajah.jpg 160w,\n/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/bdd4d/Rajah.jpg 320w,\n/static/d7bbad08c257f3987a4a5710553e9e17/6e63d/Rajah.jpg 400w","sizes":"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px"}}}},"tags":["API","Commercial Activities","Rajah"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/open-source-code-allows-your-community-to-give-helpful-feedback/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/understanding-crop-demand-by-importing-countries-and-their-regulations/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Understanding Crop Demand by Importing Countries and Their Regulations","tags":["Farming Law","Rajah"],"author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal"}}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/why-you-need-an-api-license-agreement/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Why You Need an API License Agreement","tags":["API","Grant of License","Commercial Activities","Rajah"],"author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal"}}}}}}