Open Source Compliance

Legal Implications of Open Source Software in Cloud Computing: Use of open source software in a cloud application is governed by certain obligations, usually contained in the associated open source license. Find out what obligations are associated with using open source code in cloud applications.

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Automated Open Source Management Requires Intelligence: Find out how do automated license management tools work to uncover open source and third party content in a code base. And how to apply intelligent to maximize the usefulness of your findings.

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What's in your code? How to Conduct a Software Code Audit: A software code audit can determine what open source and third party software exists in a code base before a major transaction such as a product launch, and M&A or technology transfer.


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Software Security Starts With Knowing What Is In the Code:The ability to assess and verify secure operations, test for vulnerabilities, detect weaknesses and cover deficiencies relies on having a good understanding of the software involved in the secure systems.


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What Android Developers Need to Know: Android is having a significant impact on the mobile industry and with it comes licensing obligations that developers need to be aware of. In the whitepaper you will get a breakdown of licensing implications faced by Android developers and how developers and organizations can avoid license violations.

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Open Source Software Adoption Process: Increasingly organizations are viewing open source and 3rd–party software license management as part of their software quality development process, and are evolving their existing quality checklists to include all or part of the following blueprint.


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An Open Source World: A Primer on Licenses, Obligations, and Your Company: Discover the the importance of taking inventory of what open source software is included in each product, what licensing obligations apply to each component, and compliance with these obligations.


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System 4 Deployment Options  Find out how Protecode System 4 can be scaled to meet the needs of a single person operation to thousands of developers worldwide.

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Legal Compliance - From Software Development to Delivery: This article introduces three principle aspects of legal compliance. It also lists approaches for incorporating legal compliance into the software development process, and software intellectual property management for delivery of a legally compliant product.

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6 Most Often Used Open Source Licenses: Read about the six most common open source licenses and their obligations.

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Automated Software Systems for Intellectual Property Compliance: The use of disciplined intellectual property management tools can make policy enforcement easier. The increasing number of intellectual property disputes due to code contamination demonstrates the need to implement and enforce appropriate software licensing policies.

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Return On Investment

Open Source Software License Management Return On Investment: A cost model for ensuring legal compliance that takes into account factors such as the extent of open source usage, the extent to which the content violates licensing policies, the probability of detecting a violation after launch, and the cost of fixing any problems at different stages.

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Managing Open Source Software

Overview Brochure: Do you use Open Source, outsourcing or 3rd party commercial software in your organization? Are you concerned about the licensing and copyright attributes of external software in your products and in your enterprise? Find out how Protecode can help you.

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Practicing Safe Software: Intellectual property compliance and protection via tools that automate software record keeping and create a software bill of materials.

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