New Tool Checks Legality Of Open-Source Software

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With the growing use of open-source software, businesses may find
themselves using someone else's intellectual property without knowing
it.

While it's never been a smart business move to use someone else's
intellectual property without paying for it, the risk of doing this
without realizing it has never been greater. Open-source software, led
by programs such as the Linux operating system and the Apache Web
server, has grown in popularity during the past several years from
small departmental implementations to become more deeply entrenched in
business IT environments.

Although the uses and legalities of open-source software are fairly
new to most companies, ignorance is not likely to hold water as a
defense. This has led to the emergence of new tools and services
designed to help companies identify the lineage of the code they
download for free from the Internet or acquire from another business
through more traditional corporate transactions.

News source: InformationWeek




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#1 Posted by chacho on 16 Oct 2004 - 05:02 (1 reply) Quote this
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#1.1 Reply by Kevine on 16 Oct 2004 - 13:08 Quote this comment
You don't need software for this... just wait until you have a
lawsuit..


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#2 Posted by raid517 on 16 Oct 2004 - 05:42 Quote this comment Reply
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Another Sco clone by the sound of it. They make open source sound like
it's a virus. Just a bunch of opportunists trying to scare up some
cash. I hope they all catch cancer and die young.

GJ

#3 Posted by jivemastert on 16 Oct 2004 - 06:17 Quote this comment
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oh, maybe the maker of cherry OS should use this to see how legal his
code is!

#4 Posted by ev0| on 16 Oct 2004 - 06:22 Quote this comment Reply to
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LOL !



#5 Posted by werejag on 16 Oct 2004 - 07:55 (1 reply) Quote this
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but what company would allow these tools to look at their source code?
if im affraid to have my code leak why would i allow this tool to
anilize it?


#5.1 Reply by Knight' on 16 Oct 2004 - 16:45 Quote this comment
oh my god you're stupid.


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#6 Posted by werejag on 16 Oct 2004 - 07:57 Quote this comment Reply
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make a app to copy others source code while providing them fake
service



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