FUD and Openwashing
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IBM pledges $30M, Calls for Coders to Join Global Effort Combating Natural Disasters
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Admins Aren't Patching Open Source Says Black Duck Security Report [Ed: More FUD from Microsoft-connected Black Duck]
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Closing the gap between open-source and enterprise-ready [Ed: SAP perpetuating the myth that Free software means "not suitable for enterprise use"]
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Open-Source Licensing: Mitigate Your Risk
Large software companies actively police their rights with license audits and true-up demands. Non-compliance is frequently found, and getting caught flat-footed on a software audit can be a million-dollar-plus problem. Even seemingly unrelated events, like moving to a cloud-based solution, can have a cascade effect on existing software licenses, and not proactively recognizing that creates unnecessary risk. Similarly, the free open-source software tools and applications used to efficiently create new products may need to be re-licensed on paid commercial terms when transitioning to a distribution or SaaS deployment phase.
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Why should we care about cutting and pasting open source code?
It’s common for developers to want to give credit where credit is due. The problem with how this is commonly done is that often the original copyright and licence aren’t brought along with the snippet, and the developer may give credit in a flippant way using language such as “code stolen from xyz” or “shamelessly lifted from the Foo project”. While this language is taken badly by the legal team, it’s often a sign of the developer trying to carve out attribution for this copied code. It’s important to provide clear guidance on how to properly bring in code snippets for licensing and security review purposes. Preserving or adding the proper copyright and license information is important to remain in compliance. It’s also invaluable for future readers of the source code to understand who wrote what.
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Tesla's GPL compliance, a new open source AI from Tencent, and more
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