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The Lawyers are coming

The Lawyers are coming

Posted Nov 23, 2004 15:52 UTC (Tue) by juanjux (guest, #11652)
Parent article: The Lawyers are coming

For example, businesses that modify Open Source code for internal use may be surprised that seemingly innocuous actions may initiate distribution requirements, which could force them to give away their customized software for free, or at a modest cost, to their competitors

I wouldn't hire them because they don't seem to have the slightless clue on the matter.


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The Lawyers are coming

Posted Nov 23, 2004 16:16 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

You are probably not their target audience; they will be after clueless managers who can be scared easily. Will they find many of them? Now that would be an interesting point.

The Lawyers are coming

Posted Nov 27, 2004 20:41 UTC (Sat) by Xman (guest, #10620) [Link]

They aren't entirely wrong. For example, the Sleepycat License has this kind of gotcha in it.

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