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: IP Spotlight

Open source software: when is it really ?free??

By Jim Singer

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Free and open source software (FOSS) offers a free, time-saving solution to many software developers.  However, “free” does not always mean “without cost”.   As my colleague David Wormser wrote in a recent article: [S]ometimes even “royalty free” can be too expensive.  FOSS almost invariably comes with strings attached. . . . Depending on the FOSS and [...]

Full post as published by IP Spotlight on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).

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