OpenLogic's open source census

OpenLogic has announced a scheme for performing a global census of open source software use. "Using the new OSS Discovery tool, enterprises will be able to scan any of their computers and contribute the scan results back into The Open Source Census database -- anonymously and free of charge. Once they have contributed scans, enterprises will have access to reports that summarize their own open source usage and provide comparisons to other similar companies." The tool, itself, is open source; an early version is available at CollabNet. How the anonymity and the reporting features go together is not entirely clear.

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