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How can you successfully navigate open source license compliance? Start with the right tools to identify your dependences and calculate their risks.
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Ongoing legal considerations associated with open source use include license enforcement, dual licensing, and deciding whether to license out your own code.
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Open source is widespread because it’s easy to use. But it comes with unique security challenges, and poor open source management can be a costly liability.
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Open source might be free, but it’s not risk-free. Let’s examine the potential legal cost of open source use associated with license noncompliance.
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Many contracts contain language saying that if the licensee breaches/violates the license, the licensee will have an opportunity to cure that breach. But the GPLv2 provides no right to cure. Many contracts, either in their boilerplate form or as part o… Continue reading GPLv2 and the right to cure