01222nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245005900055210005600114260004200170520083500212100001701047856003601064       2007                        eng d  a1913-610200aEditorial: Clean Intellectual Property (December 2007)0 aEditorial Clean Intellectual Property December 2007  aOttawabTalent First Networkc12/20073 aAs 2007 draws to a close, three emerging trends are gaining momentum. The first is that companies are releasing formerly proprietary code under an open source license. The second is that open source companies are being acquired or are issuing public offerings. The third trend is that very large number of citizens increasingly uses the Internet to oppose politicians and law makers who threaten, sometimes unwittingly, the fundamental principles of open source development.   

These three trends tie into this month's editorial theme: Clean intellectual property or clean IP. In a nutshell, clean IP is about reducing license incompatibilities and non-compliance with licensing terms. Clean IP significantly affects the value of the code released as open source and the value of a company that develops and markets software.  1 aLavigne, Dru  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/101