Use More Free Software at Work: How to Approach the Legal Department
Channel: Southern California Linux Expo
Date: 2016-01-24

Talk by Deb Nicholson

 Many companies, schools or projects could benefit tremendously from using free software, but free software enthusiasts and institutional gatekeepers are coming from very different perspectives. Developers tend to be most familiar with FOSS's benefits; reusing code, public code review for bugs, increased project capacity and of course, cost. The legal department has it's own mandate and is often most familiar with the risks, some real and some perceived.
 
More info at: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x/presentations/use-more-free-software-work-how-approach-legal-department