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Explaining Open Source Software

Posted by michael on from the score-5,-informative dept.

scubacuda writes "Mark Webbink, Red Hat's general counsel, has written an informative article explaining free and open source software. Geared towards attorneys, he explains the various licenses and addresses several myths about OSS." One to bookmark.

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  1. Re:And how this relates to our favorite /. topic.. by irokitt · · Score: 0, Troll

    It will be "News for Nerds" if there are any documented conversion stories that come ut of this article. Otherwise it's just like half of the pro-GPL posts on Slashdot.

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