Legal Liabilities Involved with Open Source Development
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:40:08
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 14 pages (3871 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 14 pages (3871 words)
INTRODUCTION
<Tab/>Recently, there has been considerable debate on open source and free software licenses. Although open source licenses appear to be a good solution in many cases, there are still many legal risks which should be taken into account. Companies which use open source licenses as their licensing strategy may not be aware of all the legal problems regarding those licenses. For instance, it is often argued that the General …
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