GeneralOpen source in technology merger and acquisitions

Open source technology is simply an evolved class of licensing under which wider, more permissive rights are given to users. Crucially, access to source code is given enabling user support and development of the code. While the open source philosophy originated in California, with frankly a long-haired approach, the model is now effectively mainstream and competes with conventional closed source licensing models (the 2008 Sun/MySQL and Symbian deals demonstrate the popularity of open source).

Open source technology is simply an evolved class of licensing under which wider, more permissive rights are given to users. Crucially, access to source code is given enabling user support and development of the code. While the open source philosophy... [ Read more on www.computerweekly.com ]

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