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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Perens: Too Many Licenses Deters Sharing of Code

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“Is there a belief today that there are far too many
open source licenses?

“Bruce Perens: Yes. In general a company can do
all it wants with open source while using only three licenses: BSD,
LGPL, and GPL. Each of those licenses fulfills a different business
purpose on a range between no restrictions at all (BSD) and
mandatory sharing (GPL)…”


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