Ben Balter • 10/8/2014

Everything a government attorney needs to know about open source software licensing

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This article explains open source software licensing for government attorneys, detailing standardized licenses like MIT, Apache, and GPL. It covers key legal clauses, the importance of license standardization for community adoption, and advice for agencies to optimize code reuse by avoiding custom terms.

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