[Freegis-list] Closing the Open Source Licensing Gap

[Roger Longhorn]

For those of you using or considering using Open Source GIS packages - 
some licensing issues from this month's WIPO Newsletter for SMEs:

"Continued acceleration in the use of open source software has made 
developing and implementing an open source compliance program a business 
necessity. While using such software, however, most companies do not 
take any measures to comply with the requirements of open source 
licenses. This may result in unintended violations of open source 
licenses and other potential liabilities. To avoid this risk and also to 
realize other benefits, the author Jason D. Haislmaier, a partner in the 
Intellectual Property Group of the law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, 
identifies the best practices that companies could use to close the 
*open source compliance gap*." [paper is at 
http://www.hro.com/pubs/closingthegap.pdf ]

Regards

Roger Longhorn
ral at alum.mit.edu