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Restricted Source Licensing Is Here

Forrester IT

Major software companies employ teams of full-time workers to write and contribute code to open source projects. Even end user companies such as Netflix, Lyft, Capital One, etc., Open source has taken the enterprise by storm. What was once seen as risky code, developed in suburban basements, has taken on new life.

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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy. The trust component is fundamental, he noted.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Music-licensing startup Audiosocket hits play on effort to get more digital creators using its products

GeekWire

Founded in 2009, Audiosocket is seeing growth of its music licensing software products used by social media creators, movie production studios, and others. Now the company is making a play to startups that need music for their games, apps, creator tools, metaverse worlds, and more. Audiosocket Image) The company has raised $3.5

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Why company directors need to focus on software licensing small print

Computer Weekly

Heads of businesses risk breaching the Companies Act, fines, or a possible jail sentence if they fail to take software licensing risks into account

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Software vendors dump open source, go for the cash grab

Computerworld Vertical IT

Essentially, all software is built using open source. By Synopsys' count, 96% of all codebases contain open-source software. Lately, though, there's been a very disturbing trend.

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How To Get the Best User-Friendly Software Licensing Protection 

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - How To Get the Best User-Friendly Software Licensing Protection - Information Technology Blog. A dissatisfied customer can turn several other people off from your software, or worse. These software licensing protection gurus offer the most dynamic licensing models to date.