Posts Tagged ‘Legal’

4 Resources For Keeping Open Source Efforts Legal

You can never be too careful about the law if you’re working in the open source world.

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4 Resources For Keeping Open Source Efforts Legal

When Ideologies Collide: SourceForge Blocks Countries on US Sanction List

It’s not easy being free, because in some way, your hands are always tied. ArabCrunch pondered yesterday whether SourceForge’s blocking access to content on its site to users in countries on the US Foreign Asset Control sanction list meant that open source was no longer open

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When Ideologies Collide: SourceForge Blocks Countries on US Sanction List

Is It Legal To Write Open Source Plugins/applications For A Commercial Software?

I am trying to write open source plugins or applications on top of a commercial enterprise software. I would like to know if it causes any legal issues.