Open Source License Compliance Now's the Perfect Time to Evolve Legal and Engineering Collaboration According to Gartner’s 2019 Software Composition Analysis Report, up to 90% of your company’s software is built by third parties. Adoption of open source introduces meaningful licensing obligations. Are you ready?
Open Source License Compliance Open Source Management: Fundamentals Open source management strategies include policies and processes that help organizations produce and manage open source projects.
Software Composition Analysis Why Source Code Scanning Tools Are Essential for Open Source Compliance Any OS component could be subject to a myriad of OS licenses that you might be unable to identify without performing a source code audit and scan.
Open Source License Compliance A Partnership Between Legal Teams and Software Engineers is More Important Than Ever With new legislation and new technologies, a partnership between legal teams and software engineers is more important than ever. Learn more about the responsibilities these two teams share.
Open Source License Compliance WTFPL to Beerware: Top 6 Out-There Open Source Licenses Usually open source components are licensed under common licenses such as the MIT, GPL, or Apache Licenses. However, there are some creative, funny, and ridiculous open source licenses out there as well–here are the top 6!
Open Source License Compliance All About Open Source Licenses Open source licenses determine how a given piece of open source software can be used. Here's what you need to know to navigate the world of OSS licensing.
Open Source License Compliance What is a Private Artifact Repository? A private artifact repository is a beneficial resource for collaboration and to keep open source software packages in a centralized location. However, there are three things to look out for to ensure open source license compliance.
Open Source License Compliance Still Asking Engineers to Fill Out Open Source Request Forms? Many companies require a form driven process to use new open source components. Here are some of the pitfalls around manual approval processes and best practices around using open source in your products.
Open Source License Compliance A Case For Continuous Compliance Changes in software delivery practices mean it’s time for open source compliance processes to adapt and mirror the software development practices. Learn how to modernize your open source compliance.
Open Source License Compliance Creating a Comprehensive 3rd-Party Package License Policy for OSS Learn best practices for creating a Third Party Package Open Source License Policy from industry expert and lawyer Kate Downing.
Open Source License Compliance Why Open Source License Compliance Needs to Be CI-Agnostic Platform-agnostic tools are a key part of modernizing developer workflows. License-compliance tools should work with whatever setup you choose to use today, tomorrow, and the more-distant future.
Open Source License Compliance Automating Open Source Reports with FOSSA at Applause Our customer Applause's SVP Rob Mason shares his experience with automating open source reports with Fossa for their customers & partners' software development.
Open Source License Compliance Cost/Benefit Analysis: Manual Audits vs Automated License Compliance As a software company, you need to protect the integrity of your most important asset — your product and code. This article covers the cost benefit analysis of manual audits vs automated license compliance.
Open Source License Compliance Which Open Source License Is Best for Commercialization? Choosing an open source license is an important decisions for engineering teams. This articles compares the best open sources licenses for commercialization.
Open Source License Compliance JS Foundation chooses FOSSA as the Open Source License Cert. Provider We’re excited to share that the JS Foundation (home of ESLint, jQuery, Lodash, Mocha, Webpack and more), has chosen FOSSA as their Open…
Open Source License Compliance Legal Concerns for SaaS Companies Going On-Prem The article explains how as a SaaS company, we held the line against on-prem by creating template for on premises Software License Agreement which includes a "License Grant"and by adding an "On-Prem " option rather than sticking to a hosted services model for Open Source License Compliance.
Open Source License Compliance Don’t Over-REACT to the Facebook Patents License This post was written by Heather Meeker and originally posted on the FOSSA Medium Publication in August of 2017.
Open Source License Compliance The Ultimate GPL Survival Guide If you work in consumer electronics, drones, IoT, or automotive devices based on generic Linux or Android codebases, chances are you have…
Open Source License Compliance How SmartThings runs IoT open source compliance across dozens of releases per day In an environment where slowing down wasn’t an option, FOSSA was brought in to get a working process within days that covered every part of development without getting in the way.
