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The Far-Reaching Implications of Licence Violation

Wednesday, 01 July 2009 05:00 FOSSBazaar

When we think about the implications of non-compliance with F/OSS licensing the considerations tend to be around legal exposure and concern that the conditions of a reciprocal license, e.g. the GPL, may propagate into proprietary code.

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Black Duck Highlights Diversity in Open-Source Licensing

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 05:11 eWeek

A study by Black Duck Software shows increasing diversity in license types being chosen for open-source projects.

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GPL, ScummVM and Violations

Monday, 29 June 2009 19:42 FOSSBazaar

The ScummVM project published a press release a few weeks ago saying that some games for the Nintendo Wii console made use of ScummVM without complying with the terms of the GPL.

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Obama Picks IBM Patent Guru to Head USPTO

Friday, 19 June 2009 13:37 internetnews.com

The nomination could see the embattled Patent and Trademark Office receiving a director sympathetic to tech industry issues.

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Software Freedom Law Show

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 19:02 FOSSBazaar

The Software Freedom Law Show is a bi-weekly discussion show of legal issues in the FOSS world from the Software Freedom Law Center offices in New York.

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