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SBOMs: It’s All About Transparency into the Complexity of Your Software

Over the past few years, the software industry has increasingly relied on open-source software. It’s rare to find an application that solely uses proprietary components, with most enlisting a mix of t…

September 13, 2022 Kendra Morton

The Role of OpenChain Conformance

The OpenChain Standard defines the key requirements that are needed when constructing a high-quality open-source program. This standard was designed and elaborated by the OpenChain Project and …

August 30, 2022 Kendra Morton

How the U.S. Executive Order Is Shaping the Software Supply Chain Going Forward

Early in December of 2021, the international cybersecurity community mobilized in response to the discovery of the Log4J vulnerability. This critical vulnerability was within the logging librar…

July 11, 2022 Kendra Morton

Log4j: Come out, come out wherever you are!

On December 10th, 2021, a critical vulnerability was found in Log4j. It impacts almost every organization which develops applications in Java, or that uses third-party software. Vulnerabilities get …

March 11, 2022 Michael Lelchuk

Open Source: Trouble because of sudden license changes

Open Source does not mean that the use of the code is allowed without any restriction: The use is subject to conditions which are formulated by the author (copyright holder) in the form of a license. …

February 22, 2022 Kendra Morton

When is the right time to conduct an open source audit?

No matter what industry you are in, your company’s code most definitely contains code from someone else. Today’s software is not written from scratch, but rather assembled from parts. Th…

November 22, 2021 Michael Lelchuk

Get Some Open Source License Compliance Advice

Going way back to the days of in-person trade shows and random encounters that led to meaningful conversation with like-minded strangers, one chat I had at 2018’s Open Source Summit always stands out …

June 2, 2021 Kendra Morton

Why make your code open source?

There are several reasons why companies or developers publish their own code as Open Source: Open Source-Code is a good way to build the brand and awareness for the company or a developer. If a projec…

March 8, 2021 Revenera

2021 will be the year of the automated Software Bill of Materials

The Software Bill of Materials (SBoM) will take center stage as the key artifact for an open source governance process in 2021. Driven in large part by a broadening array of stakeholders who need to a…

February 26, 2021 Alex Rybak

Open source is essential. Are you addressing the hidden compliance and security costs?

Just as lockdowns started to sweep the globe in March, Bill Gates tweeted about an open source software platform called Nextstrain. The open source application helps track the spread of viruses – nota…

December 16, 2020 Kendra Morton

Tag: OSS Licenses

SBOMs: It’s All About Transparency into the Complexity of Your Software

The Role of OpenChain Conformance

How the U.S. Executive Order Is Shaping the Software Supply Chain Going Forward

Log4j: Come out, come out wherever you are!

Open Source: Trouble because of sudden license changes

When is the right time to conduct an open source audit?

Get Some Open Source License Compliance Advice

Why make your code open source?

2021 will be the year of the automated Software Bill of Materials

Open source is essential. Are you addressing the hidden compliance and security costs?

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