One of your developers wants to extend an open-source application to solve a company problem, then contribute the code back to the community. That's fine. But making that process work in enterprise terms involves more than getting the legal department to recover from its fainting fit.
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bloid replied ago:
I've been trying to get something I wrote released as OS for 6 months now... it's a slow painful process :-(
gursesl replied ago:
Some companies develop sort of an "IP-paranoia", thinking what their developers created cannot be found elsewhere. It always amazes me...
dgary replied ago:
living with THAT little issue right now
estherschindler replied ago:
Did the article help you, dgary?
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