Business Success with Open Source

Outbound FOSS Policies

It’s likely that you’ll consolidate your inbound and outbound FOSS policies into a single policy document, and that’s OK. The only wrong way to do it is not to have inbound or outbound FOSS policies at all. In this book, however, the two are considered separately for ease of locating the information you need when you need it.

IP Policy

As is often the case when discussing FOSS policies, intellectual property (IP) is usually at the front of everyone’s minds. This is understandable and appropriate, considering ​IP Is the Foundation of FOSS​. As IP is the basis on which FOSS is built, it makes sense that your company’s outbound IP policy will become the foundation for its other outbound FOSS policies and procedures (P&P). ...