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I had to list all the open source projects used within the org and all the licenses for both raising VC rounds and even when we did our IPO during diligence.
by adrr 4y ago
I had to list all the open source projects used within the org and all the licenses for both raising VC rounds and even when we did our IPO during diligence. Copyright infringement is enforced by the DMCA which gives copyright holders teeth to enforce their copyrights. I don't know anyone that doesn't take it seriously.
- emodendroket 4y agoThe theoretical risk is great and that's enough for some companies to take it very seriously. But I haven't heard of it happening much in practice and it seems like flagrant GPL violation stories are a fairly regular occurence.
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- neltnerb 4y agoyes and... I would assume that it also takes a certain scale to be able to manage things well in this regard. There's a nasty gap in between one person and ten people, made far worse if the company needs to hit a milestone yesterday or cease to exist. I'm sure that these violations are 100x more common than they appear, and that most of the culprits go out of business for unrelated reasons before anyone notices. Even when stealing to get a head start, running a successful business is hard.