Category: 2. Building Products
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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, public domain software, software development management, software standards, blockchain, open chain project, ISO IEC JTC 1 PAS…
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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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How non-software vendors fail and how inner source can help
Non-software vendors should avoid creating a separate software organization but rather should have existing product units collaborate inner source style.
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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…