>
> Seems like your company didn't go through the process of "due diligence"
> yet.
> Checking the copyright or IP infringements is standard practice when:
> - negotiating a deal with some customers (the government, a major
> corporation),
> - going for VC money,
> - going for a merger/acquisition.
> Not checking copyright of IP is considered very unwise.
>
There are strict rules for using FOS libraries:
1. No (A)GPL licences are allowed
2. No third party code is copied
3. FOS license like Apache and similar are allowed
Since we obey the licenses we use, we wouldn't have any problems going
through a 'due diligence' audit/process.
I am not a lawyer however I doubt, that in such an audit they would check
each third party licensed library (e.g. Apache license) line by line to
check for copyright/IP infringements of that library. This would not be *due
*diligence. They check whether e.g. a GPL based library was used and the
license was not obeyed. You went through iText line by line since it is
your library/product and you are responsible - however not a license
complying third party user...
Regards,
ToM
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