Category: 2.3 Open Source (Building)
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Getting started with corporate open source governance: A case study evaluation of industry best practices [HICSS 2021]
Abstract: Open source software usage in companies is on the rise, often resulting in lower development costs, higher quality, and quick availability of code. However, using open source software in products comes with legal, business, and technical risks. Experienced companies prevent and address these risks through corporate open source governance. In our previous work, we…
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Continuous open source license compliance (Phipps & Zacchiroli, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 12th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Continuous Open Source License Compliance Keywords Open-source software, licenses, supply chains, standards, computer security Authors Simon Phipps; Stefano Zacchiroli Publication Computer vol. 53, no. 12 (December 2020), pp. 115-119 Abstract: This article considers the role…
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Standardizing open source license compliance with OpenChain (Shane Coughlan, IEEE Computer Column)
I’m happy to report that the 11th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Standardizing Open Source License Compliance With OpenChain Keywords Cryptography, distributed databases, IEC standards, ISO standards, legislation, project management, […] Authors Shane Coughlan, Linux Foundation Publication Computer vol. 53, no. 11 (November 2020), pp. 70-74 Abstract:…
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Tools for software composition analysis (Philippe Ombredanne, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the tenth article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Free and Open Source Software License Compliance: Tools for Software Composition Analysis Keywords Open-source software, software composition, open source licenses, automation Authors Philippe Ombredanne, nexB Inc. Publication Computer vol. 53, no. 10 (October 2020), pp.…
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A researcher’s perspective on “Do developers care about open source?”
Senior developers weigh costs and benefits when deciding what code components to use
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The German Corona Warn App, a legally defective product?
By all measures, the German Corona Warn app is already a highly successful software product. However, from the perspective of open source license compliance, it is defective. Using open source code in your product requires that you fulfill the obligations of the open source licenses of that code, and the Corona Warn app does not…