70 percent of iPhone and Android open source apps violate licenses

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:55:27 -0500
"Fred A. Miller" <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:

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> *70 percent of iPhone and Android open source apps violate licenses*
> <http://ifwnewsletters.newsletters.infoworld.com/t/7230376/120843337/381600/0/>
> 
> Whether Android and iPhone developers are flouting open source
> licenses out of ignorance or out of sheer disregard for the law isn't
> entirely clear. The potential ramifications are, however --
> developers may have their noncompliant apps flagged and removed from
> stores. *Read More*
> <http://ifwnewsletters.newsletters.infoworld.com/t/7230376/120843337/381600/0/>
> 
That's a good thing!  The more wrists slapped for non-compliance, the
more devs who will seek to learn how to comply and do so voluntarily.

Er, they /will/ be assimilated.

Cybe R. Wizard
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