Why Invest in Automated Open Source License Management? Impact of uncertainties around software components Any uncertainty around either ownership of software or compliance with the licenses associated with software can deter downstream users, reduce ability to create partnerships, create litigation risk to the company and the downstream users, threaten closures in funding deals, negatively…
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An Open Source World: A Primer on Licenses, Obligations, and Your Company
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•What Is Open Source Software? Open source software (OSS) refers to software in which, among other things, the source code is made available to the public. This is important because the open source community and various ecosystems can modify, improve, and incorporate the code into other works. Whereas with proprietary software, usually only the machine-readable…
On the one hand I totally agree with the concepts of open source software and hardware……
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•In this column, I would like to introduce you to one of the most important open science-related projects I’ve ever found. Source: Tech
Google to co-head open-source patent defense alliance
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•The Open Invention Network , a consortium of major technology companies formed in 2005 to minimize patent-aggression against free and open-source software projects, plans to announce today that Google has become its seventh full member. Source: Tech
German coalition favors German-owned or open source software, aims to lock NSA out
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•Germany’s new coalition government listed open source software among its IT policy priorities, and said it will take steps to protect its citizens against espionage threats from the NSA and other foreign intelligence agencies. Source: Tech
What's keeping you from using open source software?
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•Open source software , unlike proprietary software, is software that keeps the code open so IT professionals can alter, improve, and distribute it. Source: Tech
Commercializing open source software via Shareware
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•Many software developers, like myself, have a difficult time finding the right balance between respecting the rights of the users of their software and earning a living developing that software. Source: Tech
Google now pays for finding Android security holes, too
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•The program began with Chrome and expanded to Google Web sites and other open-source software projects. Source: Tech
Prepare students for a rapidly changing world by teaching with open source
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•At the school district where I am the director of information technology, over 90% of our information systems have been transitioned to open source software. Source: Tech
FOSS in the Enterprise: To Pay or Not to Pay?
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•One of the big attractions behind the growing popularity of open source software is the ability to get it and use it for free. In a world of ever-rising costs in pretty much every other aspect of business and life, “free” is an offer that’s increasingly difficult to refuse. Support is one area, however, where…