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It's interesting that EC is not looking at addressing the obvious loophole big corporations are using - that is they are saving on R&D and tax by using open sou
by varispeed 4y ago
It's interesting that EC is not looking at addressing the obvious loophole big corporations are using - that is they are saving on R&D and tax by using open source software without paying the developers for their time.
If these big corporations were paying up the fair share of profit generated by the open source software they use, I am sure the developers behind it would have funds essential to ensure the security of the software they make.
That being said, even if above was not feasible (shame!), then it should be up to corporation using the software to ensure it is secure (and possibly contributing any fixes back to the software).
- continuational 4y agoPerhaps require that certifying commercial software as CE entails publicly certifying all the individual OSS components as CE as well.
- UncleEntity 4y agoIf someone intentionally releases their software under a free license how is another someone taking them up on their offer a loophole?