LXer: Missing Open Source Licenses May Cost Industry $59 Billion

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LXer: Missing Open Source Licenses May Cost Industry $59 Billion

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07-17-2013, 05:00 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,351 Rep:	LXer: Missing Open Source Licenses May Cost Industry $59 Billion Published at LXer: "License, schmisence" may be the mantra of at least some open source developers, who are more interested in software code than legal minutiae. But that's a mistake, according to open source consulting company BlackDuck, which claims that as much as $59 billion may be "locked up" in open source projects that haven't declared explicit licenses. Read More...

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