Tom's Hardware Guide: Indemnification May Become Nightmare for Open Source Community

"Analysts from the Yankee Group said that corporations using Linux in their IT environment should review the terms and conditions of each of their individual licensing contracts with legal counsel to determine if they have adequate indemnification coverage. In the absence of indemnification or specific indemnification provisions, corporations could be the target of an intellectual property lawsuit--forcing them to use their own money and resources for their defense..."

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