internetnews.com: GPL 3 Good For SOX? | Linux Today

internetnews.com: GPL 3 Good For SOX?

Written By
SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 9, 2006

“The GPL open source license does not increase legal risk to
companies that are governed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(SOX), according to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).

“In fact, the GPL may well be on track to actually improving its
applicability for usage concerning SOX compliance, thanks to
proposed new additions in the draft of the GPL version 3
license…”

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Sean Michael Kerner

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