Keep your business open source compliant

01 June 2010

Managing open source compliance can be complicated and costly. Mahshad Koohgoli and Sorin Cohn-Sfetcu analyse the strategies that companies can employ

Many in-house lawyers have concerns about their company's use of open source software: they often worry that the adoption of third party code will be unmanaged and that the company will inadvertently breach its copyright and licensing duties. However, this does not mean that open source should be avoided. By developing a reliable cost model which takes into account factors such as: 1) the extent of open source or other third party content in a product; 2) the extent to which the content violates an organisation's licensing policies; and 3) the probability of detecting a violation after a product launch and the cost associated with fixing the problem, companies can avoid the potential pitfalls....

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