Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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Open source license compliance and work-for-hire
A common question that I am asked in my seminar on license-compliant delivery of products that contain open source software is: But what about a work-for-hire? We are a consulting company: As we work for our clients, and use open source software, do we have to create all those legal notices? The answer, as so…
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Three reasons why companies are creating their own open source consortium
Most open source these days, certainly the most widely used open source, is developed by companies. Open source, by definition, is competitively non-differentiating, so companies can join forces in its development. To so do peacefully, however, they need good governance that preempts conflicts among the participating companies. Such governance is usually provided under the auspices…
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Managing your open source supply chain—Why and how? (Nikolay Harutyunyan, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the eigth article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Managing Your Open Source Supply Chain—Why and How? Keywords Open Source, Software Supply Chain Authors Nikolay Harutyunyan, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Publication Computer vol. 53, no. 6 (June 2020), pp. 77-81 Abstract: More than 90% of software…
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Is inner source collaboration like shipping boxes between companies? (Hint: No!!)
Most corporate compliance departments believe developer collaboration in inner source projects is like shipping boxes with stuff (products) between the involved parties, for example, companies in a holding. Therefore, they don’t have to change anything about tax accounting and transfer pricing. They couldn’t be more wrong. At the highest superficial level, it appears they may…
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Inner source and work-from-home
Inner source is the use of open source best practices inside companies to develop shared components for use in the company’s products. Inner source software doesn’t have to become open source (but might). Like open source software development, inner source software development is inherently asynchronous, distributed, and multi-timezone. Inner source is a match made in…
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Teaching software product management
Software product management is easily the least well understood yet most important business function in software companies. I have been teaching Software Product Management by Case for about ten years now, and it is time I change a gear or two. Hence, I’m asking whether anyone is interested in helping me teach this course, whether…