Doug Levin is the CEO of Black Duck Software (http://www.blackducksoftware.com/)
best known as the guys who will help make sure that your use of Open Source software is consistent with the licensing. We are that he has joined our illustrious BlogBridge Topic Experts.

Doug’s own blog is called Blougtopia, where he talks about Open Source Software (OSS) and software development in general; software business models and licenses (such as the GNU General Public License - GPL); entrepreneurship and ventures, what it’s like to be a software or VC-backed CEO, leadership and innovation, Black Duck Software (when appropriate) as well as popular culture, economics and travel.

Here are Doug’s recommendations:

• Farber and Berlind: Between the Lines (weblog and feed).
  Extremely well written articles on many subjects but Berlind’s stuff on OpenDoc is great.


• Nat Friedman’s Blog (weblog and feed).
  Sometimes magically delicious, brainy reading from the former Ximian, now VP at Novell.


• James Governor [Redmonk] (weblog and feed).
  Good topical stuff. Read with Orady.


• Sam Hiser (weblog and feed).
  Good OpenDoc coverage but other stuff is good as well.


• Larry Lessig’s Blog (weblog and feed).
  The Godhead of commentary on the free movement and OSS.


• Stephen Orady [Redmonk] (weblog and feed).
  Solid topical stuff. Read with Governor.


• Bob Sutor (weblog and feed).
  Interesting reading on open standards and open source from a true-blue IBMer.


• Stephen Walli (weblog and feed).
  Various musings from the developer of WIX, a former MSFTer and current a systems integrator in the Open Source arena.


• Groklaw (weblog and feed).
  Important source of legal and other info related to Open Source Software.


• FSF Blogs (weblog and feed).
  See in particular Richard Stallman’s blog.


• Open Sourcery: The Open Source Blog (weblog and feed).
  Eclectic tech-musings.


• O’Reilly’s General Blogs (weblog and feed).
  Eclectic tech-musings.

As usual, this new set of feeds is already on our list of recommended starting points (collections) under the name Open Source, so that it can be immediately imported into your BlogBridge.

Don’t waste your time, obey our experts!