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Open Souce Code contamination

Software development has grown at rapid pace.The timelines are squeezed and product lifecycles are trimmed and the need for ready made solutions has come into picture.There are ready made solutions/code available present   for almost every component in internet.It makes the life of developer quite easy as he can access those codes and use it for this purpose.The code is freely available and open without any hurdles.But wait whatever which is free in market is it ok to use? Are there any implications if we use those open code? Is there any risks involved if we use the open code. The answer is no what ever is available in market ,just like that we cannot take it and use it for project purpose.To typically define Open source code means Source code available under terms that allow for modification and redistribution without having to pay the original author. It may have restrictions such as requirements related to attributions, copyright statement preservation, providing a written