Thursday, March 09, 2006

Does the GPL Violate Sarbanes-Oxley?



The Software Freedom Law Center on March 8 will publish a white paper that dismisses recent publications that have alleged GNU General Public License violations in relation to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

The three-page white paper, titled "Sarbanes-Oxley and the GPL: No Special Risk," essentially counsels users of the free software license that they have no need to worry. The white paper can be found here.

That white paper follows those from the legal department at embedded systems seller Wasabi Systems, of Norfolk, Va., which is headed by Jay Michaelson, one of the company's founders and its general counsel.

See full Article.

Also see Software Freedom Law Center Press Release.