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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In my limited experience, companies I
worked for had a list of open source software which was allowed to
be used. Or to be precise, a list of software you can link or
include / require (in case of scripting languages) to. One reason
for having such list rather than just having a list of approved
open source licenses was to make sure just one library is used for
certain functionality. For example using just one open source XML
library rather than different teams using different XML libraries.
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On 30/07/2014 00:53, Alan Buxton wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear LRUG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I made the transition from Startup to
Enterprise recently (my company was acquired). So far so good.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The challenge I have now is that the
Enterprise finds Open Source a bit tricksy. Hard for a company
that is used to having suppliers or internal teams with SLAs
and IP controls to handle the idea of using open source.
However they do appreciate that Open Source is important and
is going to grow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So I have a mini project right now to put
together some policy guidelines for The Enterprise on using
open source to cover things like<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->When is it appropriate
to use it (e.g. in certain industries it might be less
appropriate)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->What should you
consider when choosing a piece of open source technology<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->From an IP point of
view how would you make the tradeoff between building
something using open source components vs creating it yourself
from scratch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rather nebulous, I know, which is why I’m
interested in soliciting your views on this. Presumably the
GDS or BBC or whoever people have already figured this all
out, right?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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