Corporate COunsel Forum
open source in the mainstream: what it means for the legal group
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Competitive pressures in software enabled industries and the need to get new products to market ever more quickly mean that corporate use of open source software is now the norm. Open source is a boon to the CIO, but what does it mean for the legal department? What's the proportionate legal response for process, procedures and internally for staff and externally for suppliers and distribution - to maximise the benefit and minimise the risks of using open source software?
Materials from the event are listed below:
Corporate Counsel Forum - Presentations and Case Study Questions & Answers
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(Richard Kemp, Kemp Little LLP and Nick Pointon, SQS Group Limited)
Article: Open Source software issues in acquisitions and other inbound transactions (pdf) (Stephen Mutkoski, Microsoft Corporation)
Article: Creating an Open Source policy for your company (pdf) (Stephen Mutkoski, Microsoft Corporation)
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