Essential Questions For Software Startups MIT Enterprise Forum – Blockchain: Patents And Open Source Featured In Video: Tom Serres, Founder of Animal Ventures Sam […]
Are auditability and transparency exclusive to open-source software? Our expert panel discusses blockchain patents and the “Silcone Valley mindset" at our recent MIT Enterprise Forum event.
Tom Serres is a massively successful startup entrepreneur, and our client. He dispels the myth that open-source and proprietary software are at odds with each other, he sees them as two sides of the same coin.
Sam Abassi owns a firm specializing in research, development, and implementation of software support to meet specific needs, mostly utilizing open-source solutions. He offers his perspective on some of the dangers and challenges with finding the right software solutions.
The MIT-License is the most commonly used free (open-source) software license, which allows for the code to be used and even altered freely, and also allows developers to build IP protected software on top of the underlying MIT-Licensed software.