A collection of news and articles covering the latest developments for webmasters and site owners seeking to enhance their online properties. Building better websites for business
Contact | About
May 03, 2010
Managing Your Open Source Licensing
By Savio Rodrigues
As open source usage becomes mainstream, it's important to ensure you're using a product your company can rely on in the future and that the use complies with open source licensing.

Open source support provider OpenLogic reports over 330,000 open source software packages for enterprises to choose from. Finding the right open source project, with the right license and the assurance of a viable future for the project can be difficult for enterprises to say the least.

Finding the right open source product:
OpenLogic mines through these 330,000 packages to certify and provide direct support subscriptions for over 500 of these open source packages. OpenLogic uses a 42 point certification process to reduce the risk associated with a given open source package. By narrowing down the field from 330,000 to approximately 500, OpenLogic helps enterprises focus their open source selections to projects with, amongst other things, a viable community, well understood licensing, documentation and active maintenance by the project leader.

Continue Reading
Today's Top Videos:
What Google's Research Is Telling Us
With all the trends and information on the Web, and with more popping up daily, how does Google stay on top of it all?
What Will Influence Search in...
When you think about the future of search, what do you think of? WebProNews recently had the opportunity to talk with...
Key to Success: Hard Work
Just as people want to get-rich-quick, they also want their business to take off quickly and be successful.
Recent Articles:
CIOs Becoming More Strict About Social Media
Social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook allow people to communicate more easily, but many companies are placing restrictions on how employees use these service at work, according to a new survey by Robert Half Technology. Nearly forty percent (38%) of chief...
Read More...
Should Managers Monitor The Online Social...
Earlier on today, I bumped into one of those blog posts that you know is not going to leave you indifferent; quite the opposite, because it touches base on a growing trend that you know is going to cause plenty of trouble ahead, specially for most businesses out there who...
Read More...
What You Can Learn From A PR Crisis
You weathered the crisis. You're exhausted, but at least you lived through it. Yesterday, I wrote about how to be prepared for a PR crisis with social media, but for many companies, that advice will come too late. Unfortunately, it's human nature for us to...
Read More...
Other iEntry Business Resources:
- WebProNews.com
- Jayde.com
- MarketingNewz.com
- SalesNewz.com
- managernewz.com
- InvestNewz.com
- eCommNewz.com
- WebsiteNotes.com
- AdvertisingDay.com
iEntry
footer
-- Manager News is an iEntry, Inc. publication --
iEntry, Inc. 2549 Richmond Rd. Lexington KY, 40509
2010 iEntry, Inc. All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy Legal