The Apache Software Foundation turned 15 yesterday, and its
primary application the Apache Server Project turned 20 last month.
According to its press release, half of the Internet is now
powered by Apache products. Open source software has never been as
mainstream as it is today, with thousands (likely more?) of
different kinds of open source licenses and software modules
available to software developers. Black Duck Software, a leading
open source software risk management company, released a study of the most common open source
licenses.
Open source software is sort of the misunderstood kid with
freckles among technology companies (and I can relate) because many
IT attorneys fear it, developers love it, and most other people in
these companies don’t know whether to love or hate it. I
think most companies would be crazy not to use some open source.
However, just like the time you bought those “health”
magnets on late night television, a little bit of initial
