Open source has gone from a curiosity in the enterprise to a welcome and valuable addition. It's not just invaluable to enterprise IT; it's also a philosophy that's changed software and IT.
But enterprises must still determine which open source licenses enterprises they're most comfortable with. By and large, the GPL license and its cousins still give enterprises pause, but perhaps not for the expected reasons.
Typically, the problem with the GPL software license is its reciprocity. Any software that's derived from software licensed under the GPL and released for public consumption must also be GPL-licensed, and it must have the source code readily available.
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