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Feb. 27, 2009

Giving Notice

In "The Open Source Alternative," Heather Meeker highlights the legal principles at work in today's software landscape.

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By Heather Meeker

Almost every open source license contains notice requirements. These always include the obligation to place a copyright notice on distributions, although the placement of the notices, and what type of distributions must include them, vary from license to license. Notice requirements are not complicated to interpret and are rarely the subject of litigation claims or disputes. Thus, compliance with them is neither inte...

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