Good developers don't write code from scratch. They know where to get code from. Today, more than 50% of applications often consist of reused open source. Improving productivity, shortening development time and reducing development costs are good reasons to reuse code, outsource, use open source or use commercial software. However, “open source” does not mean “license-free”. The use of open source entails risks: The increased risk of infringement, the risk of license restrictions and potential vulnerabilities.
Together with our partner Revenera, we offer a comprehensive solution for the management of open source software licenses. The Revenera system enables software artifacts and libraries as well as “build” processes to be managed and checked with regard to open source usage specifications. The open source scanner used by Revenera contains more than 176 billion fingerprints of open source projects.