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Open-Source Insurance

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the scheming-and-racketeering dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us that several insurance agencies have formed a partnership to offer open-source compliance insurance. From the article: " The insurance will cover up to $10 million in damages, including profit losses related to noncompliance with an open-source software license. The policy could, in some cases, cover the cost of repairing code that was found to infringe on open-source licenses such as the General Public License, which is used with the Linux operating system."

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  1. Silly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Defending copyright infringement of any source code is ridiculous. You can't accidently copy a line from someone else's program to yours. Infringement is only deliberate.

  2. My computer crashed, I'm being sued by IBM, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The network was just infected by a polymorphic, hyperintelligent, multi-platform virus, someone stole my orange Swingline stapler, and I just got a paper cut...but I've got some good news. I just saved a bunch of money on my open-source insurance by switching to GEICO.

    Yeah baby! You can do iiiiiiit!

  3. Re:Favoritism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This isn't redundant you fuckwad moderator, it's a troll! What's wrong with you anyway?