 No. 37 Daniel Egger, founder and chairman, Open Source Risk Management
Last year's position: Not placed
In a year when software patent disputes threaten to bring down open source, buying insurance specifically to protect a company against patent and copyright infringement claims starts to seem like a good idea.
That's exactly what Egger's company, Open Source Risk Management, is here to do. A lawyer by training and entrepreneur and VC by trade, his work will help keep the momentum going for open source adoption in the enterprise.
In the words of one panellist: "It's not the solution to trying to get things more open but it looks a practical move to make in the situation we've found ourselves."
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