Self-Assessment Checklist: First Impressions After Release (Linux.com)

At Linux.com, Philip Koltun reports on the feedback to the release of the Linux Foundation's license compliance self-assessment checklist. "Other downloaders lamented the fact that following the checklist doesn't guarantee freedom from compliance issues. True enough. There are limits to the utility of any checklist. But following a solid compliance process improves your chances of recognizing the FOSS that's present, determining its provenance, and complying with license obligations. Others noted that the checklist doesn't help directly with a key compliance question some companies face: whether a particular software architecture can incorporate GPL'ed software without exposing company-proprietary software to copyleft effect. True again. No community authority exists that can render such decisions; there are just a lot of educated opinions."

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