Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 2.3 Open Source (Building)

Public Seminars on License-Compliant Delivery of Products that Contain Open Source Software in Q1 of 2020

In the first quarter of 2020, there are several options for participating in our seminar on license-compliant delivery of products that contain open source software. Here is an overview (subject to change, mostly, additions) of public seminars. Date Location Language Partner 2020-03-06 Berlin German Morrison Foerster For more information and registration, please see our LCD…

2020-01-09
Industry Best Practices for FLOSS Governance and Component Reuse [EuroPLoP 2019]

Abstract: Corporate use of open source in software products is on the rise. While this brings a number of technological and business benefits to companies, it also comes with potential legal and financial risks caused by license non-compliance and ungoverned use of open source components. Companies address these threats with free/libre and open source software (FLOSS)…

2019-12-08
How to select open source components (Diomidis Spinellis, IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the fifth article in the new open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title How to Select Open Source Components Keywords Open Source Software, Licenses, Documentation, Computer Bugs, Software Project Management Authors Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economy and Business Publication Computer vol. 52, no. 12 (December 2019),…

2019-12-03
Getting started with open source governance (Jeff McAffer, IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the fourth article in the new open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Getting Started With Open Source Governance Keywords Companies, Licenses, Security, Software, Law Authors Jeff McAffer, GitHub Publication Computer vol. 52, no. 10 (October 2019), pp 92-96 Abstract: Using and managing open source is essential…

2019-10-08
Open source license compliance in software supply chains [Book Chapter]

Abstract: Almost all software products today include open-source components. However, the obligations that open-source licenses put on their users can be difficult or undesirable to comply with. As a consequence, software vendors and related companies need to govern the process by which open-source components are included in their products. A key process of such open-source…

2019-07-11
Getting Started with FLOSS Governance and Compliance in Companies [OpenSym 2019]

Abstract: Commercial use of open source software is on the rise as more companies realize the benefits of using FLOSS components in their products. At the same time, the ungoverned use of such components can result in legal, financial, intellectual property, and other risks. To mitigate these risks, companies must govern their use of open source…

2019-06-28