How To Prevent Software Supply Chain Attacks By Integrating Third-Party Risk Intelligence With A Software Bill Of Materials

How To Prevent Software Supply Chain Attacks By Integrating Third-Party Risk Intelligence With A Software Bill Of Materials

Software supply chain attacks show no sign of slowing and can have devastating consequences. These attacks can expose organizations and their customers to greater risk when an attack on a third party's software supply chain unknowingly compromises their systems. Many...

Software Freedom Conservancy files right-to-repair lawsuit against California TV manufacturer Vizio Inc. for alleged GPL violations

Software Freedom Conservancy files right-to-repair lawsuit against California TV manufacturer Vizio Inc. for alleged GPL violations

Software Freedom Conservancy announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Vizio Inc. for what it calls repeated failures to fulfill even the basic requirements of the General Public License (GPL). The lawsuit alleges that Vizio’s TV products, built on its SmartCast...

OpenChain 2.1 is ISO/IEC 5230:2020, the International Standard for open source compliance

OpenChain 2.1 is ISO/IEC 5230:2020, the International Standard for open source compliance

The Linux Foundation, Joint Development Foundation and the OpenChain Project are delighted to announce the publication of ISO/IEC 5230:2020 as an International Standard. Formally known as OpenChain 2.1, ISO/IEC 5230:2020 is a simple, clear and effective process...

Software Freedom Conservancy files right-to-repair lawsuit against California TV manufacturer Vizio Inc. for alleged GPL violations

Licensing Reform Movement Gathers Steam

An effort to promote balanced licensing rules for open source software is gaining momentum with the addition of 14 new companies adopting guidelines designed primarily to reduce compliance errors. Open source leader Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) announced Monday (July 16) that...

Porsche expanding open source software initiative; FOSS

Open source at 20: The ubiquity of shared code

“Why is open source important? That’s like asking why is gravity important,” stated Brian Behlendorf, a leading figure in the open-source software movement, and executive director for the blockchain consortium Hyperledger. While this year marks the 20th anniversary of...

Oracle eyeing a Linux operating system

Oracle eyeing a Linux operating system

Oracle is pursuing the idea of expanding its software lineup to include a linux operating system. the revelation comes from an interview Oracle's CEO, Larry Ellison, did with the financial times. according to the article, Ellison is eager for Oracle to have its own...

Porsche expanding open source software initiative; FOSS

UK’s GDS to renew focus on reusable software

The UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) will renew its focus on the creation of open source reusable software projects, says Anna Shipman, GDS’ Open Source Lead. It is a subtle shift from making source code publicly available - the default of the past five years, to...

The Linux Foundation to Launch New Tooling Project to Improve Open Source Compliance

The decline of GPL?

Jono Bacon on the state of open source licensing; A little while ago I saw an interesting tweet from Stephen O'Grady at RedMonk on the state of open source licensing, including a graph. The graph shows how license usage has changed from 2010 to 2017. In reading it, it...

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