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With the growth of “professional” versions of open source products, I have been waiting to see how software compliance would be dealt with.  Open source is the opposite ocean, designed for sharing, although everyone has adjusted to versions where the user is expected to pay.  Serdar Yegulalp of Information Week had some interesting remarks this week.  He talked to Movable Type, a company with a professional version as well as an open source version.  When asked about what they will do when they find unlicensed people using the professional version, Movable Type is quoted as saying it would be an opportunity for conversation and not for a law suit. 

Nothing new here, just our same problem arising within a new audience. 

To read more, check out Serdar’s notes from OSCON on Information Week. 

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