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Legal umbrella offered to Linux users
News Open Source Risk Management plans to launch a consulting service on Wednesday that is geared to helping companies minimise legal risks. In four or five weeks, it also intends to offer an insurance-like service to pay legal costs if those companies...
[March 17, 2004, 8:05]
Fancy a $10m open source insurance policy?
News New York-based Open Source Risk Management will be the exclusive risk assessor. Daniel Egger, CEO of Open Source Risk Management, said many companies inadvertently expose themselves to legal risks when they use open source software.
[November 1, 2005, 9:45]
Australian government offers open-source guide
News The guide will also address the legal and risk management issues associated with open-source solutions as these areas differ considerably from the more familiar proprietary model. Judge said AGIMO would turn to its existing panel of legal providers...
[July 7, 2004, 10:55]
Open source defence centre launched
News One start-up, Black Duck Software, sells software to keep open source and proprietary software from intermingling, while another, Open Source Risk Management (OSRM), sells insurance to cover legal costs for companies worried about being sued over...
[February 1, 2005, 8:45]
Microsoft: Open source violates 235 patents
News A 2004 study by Open Source Risk Management, a company selling insurance against the risks of using open-source software, concluded Linux could violate at least 283 patents, 27 of them Microsoft patents.
[May 14, 2007, 9:56]
Open-source guru backs off DVD hack speech
News This might seem like an extremely nerdy issue, but there are fundamental things about your freedom of speech at risk here," he said shortly before giving his speech. Perens is still scheduled to speak on the topic of digital rights management and...
[July 29, 2002, 9:41]
Linux insurance goes on sale
News Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group. But SCO has no objection to OSRM's business: "If people feel there's risk involved in...
[April 19, 2004, 8:25]
Endpoint Defender
Downloads Better management of personal firewalls during audits, better management of high risk Windows services, built-in anti-virus (powered by the open source - clamav), patch management integration with Windows SUS server.
[July 31, 2006, 10:21]
Novell vows to use its patents to defend open-source
News Pointing to the absence of the legal protections that can accompany proprietary software and a study that found Linux could violate 283 patents, start-up Open Source Risk Management offers a form of insurance against legal claims.
[October 13, 2004, 9:20]
OpenLogic aims to keep open source honest
News On Monday, OpenLogic announced OpenLogic Enterprise 4.0, which is intended to reduce any risk associated with running open source by controlling and tracking more than 160 certified open source solutions.
[June 26, 2006, 13:15]
HP considers selling tools for open source
News And Open Source Risk Management is working with Lloyd's of London to provide insurance against open source software risks. HP is considering selling services designed to ease customer participation in the open source programming community, the...
[January 18, 2006, 9:05]
JumpBox for the SugarCRM CRM System
Downloads This JumpBox is free so there's no risk in trying it out. SugarCRM is the market-leading, commercial Open Source customer relationship management (CRM) application. SugarCRM's Open Source architecture easily adapts to any business...
[August 19, 2009, 1:04]
Aras Drives Performance in Product Life Cycle Processes
White Papers With so much at stake, industry-leading companies like the Freudenberg Group are continually seeking to improve new product introduction, quality compliance and risk management in order to satisfy customers and achieve profitable growth.
[June 23, 2007, 1:00]
Why open source projects are not publicised
News In fact with open source, there is often the risk of more bad publicity than good. The risk of negative publicity is particularly high if a migration is publicised before it is completed. Some organisations do not publicise migrations as they don't...
[November 25, 2005, 12:55]
JumpBox for the Joomla! CMS
Downloads This JumpBox is free so there's no risk in trying it out. It's one of the most popular Open Source applications around and the JumpBox for Joomla is a huge time saver. Once you know how to install a JumpBox you can deploy any of 50+ other...
[October 30, 2009, 0:36]
UK failing to exploit open source
News The UK's civil servants are averse to risk, only dealing with large, established companies, he said. We're one of the fastest-growing UK companies but, for whatever reason, the UK is not an open market for open-source software," said John Powell...
[September 13, 2007, 11:49]
JumpBox for the TikiWiki Content Management System
Downloads This JumpBox is free so there's no risk in trying it out. Once you know how to install a JumpBox you can deploy any of 50+ other JumpBoxes and take advantage of a growing library of conveniently-packaged Open Source software.
[October 7, 2009, 1:18]
JumpBox for the Silverstripe Content Management System
Downloads This JumpBox is free so there's no risk in trying it out. Once you know how to install a JumpBox you can deploy any of 50+ other JumpBoxes and take advantage of a growing library of conveniently-packaged Open Source software.
[August 11, 2009, 21:47]
JumpBox for the PmWiki Wiki Software
Downloads This JumpBox is free so there's no risk in trying it out. Once you know how to install a JumpBox you can deploy any of 50+ other JumpBoxes and take advantage of a growing library of conveniently-packaged Open Source software.
[September 8, 2009, 22:52]
JumpBox for the Movable Type Blogging System
Downloads This JumpBox is free so there's no risk in trying it out. Once you know how to install a JumpBox you can deploy any of 50+ other JumpBoxes and take advantage of a growing library of conveniently-packaged Open Source software.
[October 30, 2009, 0:40]
