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'Infectious' Open Source Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spreading-the-infection dept.

Gavo writes "Law firm Chapmann Tripp advises New Zealand State Services Commission that the New Zealand Government should be wary of using 'infectious' open source software. They claim 'While the use of open source software has many benefits, it brings with it a number of legal risks not posed by proprietary or commercial software.'"

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  1. Of course, GPL _is_ a problem. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Of course GPL is a problem. It is a virus and we can see this feature of GPL harms good name of Open Source. BSD is not a problem.