Legal Group Releases Guide To GPL Compliance

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 23, 2008 @02:22AM from the information-wants-to-be-free-and-legal dept.

An anonymous reader brings news that the Software Freedom Law Center has published a guide for compliance with the GNU General Public License. The purpose of the guide is to prevent "common mistakes" the SFLC has encountered during its various GPL violation investigations. Their suggestions include close scrutiny of software acquisitions, more precise tracking of changes and updates, and avoiding "build gurus." They also provide tips for dealing with a violation. The full guide is available at the SFLC's website.

1 of 141 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:From the document... by the+eric+conspiracy · 2008-08-23 03:53 · Score: 1, Troll

Exactly. The result is that I have been advising my employer to remove dependencies on GPL and LGPL software from all of our products. Either take a commercial license, find an alternative that has a more permissive licence or roll your own.