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Open Source Goes Mainstream: How to Manage the Risk

In recent years, numerous articles have been published in legal journals warning of the inherent risks of using open source code in the development of software ' the fear of pirated code, the possible threat of infringement claims, the "viral" effect of the redistribution provisions of the open source license on proprietary code, just to mention a few. Arguments that such risks are merely academic were trounced when SCO Group launched an infringement claim against IBM and its customers. <br>Notwithstanding the dire warnings from lawyers and risk managers alike, companies continue to use open source code for their internal use, and to develop products to be sold or licensed to customers.

24 minute read July 23, 2004 at 10:07 AM
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Sarah Gagan
Open Source Goes Mainstream: How to Manage the Risk

In recent years, numerous articles have been published in legal journals warning of the inherent risks of using open source code in the development of software ' the fear of pirated code, the possible threat of infringement claims, the “viral” effect of the redistribution provisions of the open source license on proprietary code, just to mention a few.

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