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How to mitigate software licensing surprises

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s unsurprising to see legacy providers shifting their business models from perpetual software licensing to subscription-based pricing. This past year has been rife with complaints over a substantial licensing change by Citrix after it was acquired by private equity firms and merged with TIBCO Software.

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CISPE raises red alert over Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes

Network World

The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO), a monitoring body established by the association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) as a way to keep cloud licensing practices fair in the region, this week came down hard on Broadcom for its failure to do so.

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Google, Microsoft could turn gatekeepers for advanced AI chips

Network World

The framework would allow the companies to offer AI capabilities via cloud services internationally without needing an export license, the report added. Meanwhile, companies without gatekeeper status would need to compete for licenses to import limited quantities of advanced AI chips from Nvidia and AMD in each country.

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AI coding agents come with legal risk

CIO Business Intelligence

AI coding agents are poised to take over a large chunk of software development in coming years, but the change will come with intellectual property legal risk, some lawyers say. When an AI generates code, it doesn’t know how that code will be used, so you might end up accidentally violating license terms.”

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Meta creates ‘Business AI’ group led by ex-Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih

CIO Business Intelligence

From the start, Meta has made the Llama models available to other enterprises under a license it describes as “open source,” but the creation of the new business group makes clear that Meta’s interest is commercial, not philanthropic. Meta also has a veto on competitors using Llama for anything too big: The Llama 3.2

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Weve developed our software such that the LLM open source or proprietary can be swapped in or out via configuration. Chatbot Arena ranks more than 160 top models both proprietary and open source and lists their licenses. Meta itself refers to it as a community license or a bespoke commercial license.

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Restricted Source Licensing Is Here

Forrester IT

What was once seen as risky code, developed in suburban basements, has taken on new life. Open source has taken the enterprise by storm. Major software companies employ teams of full-time workers to write and contribute code to open source projects. Even end user companies such as Netflix, Lyft, Capital One, etc.,

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