Open Source Compliance

Software Code Audits in Small Companies: This paper discusses: the benefits small and medium sized companies can derive from using open source software, the challenges associated with unknown licensing obligations associated with third party and open source code and how these challenges can be overcome using a software code audit.

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SPDX Support in Protecode System 4™: Find out what SPDX is, how it aids in open source license management and how Protecode products support the new standard.

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Avoiding Enemies and Making Friends Using Embedded Open Source Software: Open source software has become an entrenched component of embedded systems within the last decade. Find out how to properly manage the use of open source in embedded software development.

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Telecommunications Transformation & Open Source Software: This article provides perspectives on major trends that are driving the transformation of the Telecommunications industry, implications of these changes in software development practices for communications service providers, the roles of open source software in this transformation and management of open source software.

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The Emerging Mixed-Source Software Environment and its Impact on Company Valuations: While open source is increasingly embedded into software, there is a lack of understanding of the implications of open source on asset value.

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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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Technology Transfer

Streamlined Software Technology Transfer: Technology transfer and intellectual property ownership challenges include ambiguities around software ownership due to contributions made by current and previous researchers, open source content, commercial code, and potential content added by other research organizations, industry, or contractors.

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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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