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Linux Foundation launches major open-source license compliance program

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization
dedicated to supporting Linux, announced on Aug. 10 at LinuxCon the
launch of the Open Compliance Program, a comprehensive initiative
to help companies and developers comply with open-source licenses.

“You may not know it, but getting businesses and developers to
obey open-source licenses has become a much bigger problem over the
years. I’m not talking about the differences between GPLv2 and
GPLv3. I’m talking about companies using open-source code and not
realizing that they can’t just use it any way they want.”


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