Message: 1 Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:14:31 +0530 From: Gora Mohanty<g...@mimirtech.com> To: Linux Delhi<ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org> Subject: [ilugd] Detections of GPL violations, and compliance efforts Message-ID: <AANLkTimiQ1ZkUKis7hKVwBOJ+YzG5WR5on7vFoAVsd=j...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1Hello everyone, Are people interested in becoming involved in efforts by SFLC, India in detecting violations of open-source licenses, and in bringing software vendors into compliance? There are largely two parts to this: * The first is looking for violations in binary code, usually in embedded devices. The most common form of violation here is the unauthorised use of BusyBox. As people here might not be familiar with the subject, SFLC, India is willing to arrange a 2-3 day training session with an expert from the US. While the session will be open to all, the expense can be justified only if at least a few people commit some time (say, a few hours/week) to working with SFLC, India on this. * The second part is compliance efforts. Often, these are not antagonistic, i.e., software vendors are willing to have their code audited for licensing violations that they were not aware of. This should be of interest to people working on machine learning, and similarity. There can also be a commercial angle to this: Black Duck software, for example, has (closed-source) commercial tools that do this: http://www.blackducksoftware.com/learn/open-source-compliance Please note that in both cases above, the intent is to bring violators into compliance, and *not* to spawn litigation. If you are interested, please follow up here. Especially for the first part, the training session will happen only if there is sufficient committed interest. Regards, Gora
I am also interested. weekend will be preferred. Regards _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
