[SGVLUG] Four Tips To Avoid Open Source Legal Problems

[Dustin Laurence]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 01:37:22PM -0700, Jeremy Leader wrote:

> I think the selling point for the tools is that it's a risk with a huge 
> downside (for a big company), even if the probability of detection is 
> fairly low.

It isn't always--companies are surprisingly ignorant of what running
'strings' can tell you.  Should work for a binary for any platform, too.

> Lots of companies probably have lots of code that was written by 
> programmers who aren't at the company any more, or was written by 
> contractors.

I wouldn't bet ten cents on the lack of copyright violations in any
proprietary product.  I doubt it is uncommon.

Dustin
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