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Re:Tidelift wants open-source developers to get paid by VirenM on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:24AM (#18064049)
> the company analyzes the customer's code to see what open source software it depends on, and what open source projects those programs depend on.

I'm sure fortune 500 companies will be alright with Tidelift analyzing their proprietary code.

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Re:Tidelift wants open-source developers to get paid by justincormack on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:43AM (#18064130)
People already do to make sure they are complying with licenses and not using licenses they dont approve.
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Re:Tidelift wants open-source developers to get paid by pwang on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @07:34AM (#18065370)
Yep, F500 companies bring in all sorts of external tools to look at their source code, for compliance, security, etc.
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