Open Source License Compliance in Software Supply Chains

Riehle D, Harutyunyan N (2019)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2019

Edited Volumes: No.099 Towards Engineering Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Ecosystems for Impact and Sustainability: NII Shonan Meeting

ISBN: 978-981-13-7099-1

URI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7099-1_5

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7099-1_5

Abstract

Almost all software products today include open source components. However, the obligations that open source licenses put on their users can be difficult or undesirable to comply with. As a consequence, software vendors and related companies need to govern the process by which open source components are included in their products. A key process of such open source governance is license clearance, that is, the process by which a company decides whether a particular component’s license is acceptable for use in its products. In this article, we discuss this process, review the challenges it poses to software vendors and provides unanswered research questions that result from it.

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APA:

Riehle, D., & Harutyunyan, N. (2019). Open Source License Compliance in Software Supply Chains. In Fitzgerald B., Mockus A., & Zhou M. (Eds.), No.099 Towards Engineering Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Ecosystems for Impact and Sustainability: NII Shonan Meeting..

MLA:

Riehle, Dirk, and Nikolay Harutyunyan. "Open Source License Compliance in Software Supply Chains." No.099 Towards Engineering Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Ecosystems for Impact and Sustainability: NII Shonan Meeting. Ed. Fitzgerald B., Mockus A., & Zhou M., 2019.

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