Open Source Licence Compliance

Open Source License Compliance

Software companies across the globe have been using a number of 3rd party open source libraries to speed up the delivery of their respective products. However, there are a number of risks involved with this. There are a number of open source licenses and the companies need to comply with the term & conditions of these license agreements.

 
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Aeren Capabilities
  • Running open source License compliance programs for a number of software product companies.
  • In house semi-automated tool to check for code dependencies
  • Team of experts understanding both software architecture and open source licenses
Aeren Advantage
  • Customized turn-around time
  • Insight report containing the analysis of software product dependencies on 3rd party open source libraries and the appropriate compliances required under respective open source license.
Case study
  • Pre-engagement Situation:Legal Council of an American technology head had a challenge to monitor whether the software code being released across different technology teams was using any open source code. Moreover, in case there are dependencies on open source libraries, whether all dependencies follow the compliances as mentioned in the open source agreements.
  • Post engagement Situation:Aeren periodically co-ordinate with the technology teams before the release of any software code. Aeren analyses the newly added code and check for any dependencies on open source code. In case dependencies are identified, appropriate compliance steps are brought to the notice of the technology team.
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