[Osia-members] Breakfast Seminar : Balancing OSS Technical Innovation with OSS Business Risks

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BreakFast Seminar

Invitation

Please join us for a breakfast seminar near you, in which Bill Weinberg<http://s1408.t.en25.com/e/er?s=1408&lid=1288&elq=c0722cfc64e342a4b95b65e2897a56a6> of Black Duck in the USA and Alec Christie<http://s1408.t.en25.com/e/er?s=1408&lid=1289&elq=c0722cfc64e342a4b95b65e2897a56a6> of DLA Piper Australia will explore:

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A Brief Introduction to OSS – What is it? How is it used and why you are likely to find OSS in code you develop or integrate?

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The three common challenges of OSS:

■ Legal Compliance – Including an overview of common licences (including GPL).

■ Security – How to quickly identify and remediate security risks.

■ Operational Risk – Best practices for effective code maintenance.

We hope you can join us!

DETAILS

SYDNEY
Date
Tuesday 11 November 2014

Time
7.30 am for a 7.45 am start, concluding by 9.30am

Catering
A light breakfast will be served

Venue
DLA Piper
Level 22, 1 Martin Place
Sydney
(enter via Pitt Street)

MELBOURNE
Date
Thursday 13 November 2014

Time
7.30 am for a 7.45 am start, concluding by 9.30am

Catering
A light breakfast will be served

Venue
DLA Piper
Level 21
140 William Street
Melbourne

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Open Source in our Current Environment

Open source software (OSS) is everywhere and, given its potential benefits, it’s not difficult to see why. However, in Australia today the pervasiveness of OSS and the business challenges that accompany using OSS are not well known or understood.

Using OSS can reduce costs, enhance IT flexibility, accelerate innovation and decrease the time to solution/deployment. Even industries outside the traditional software and technology sectors, such as financial services, automotive, energy and media, are turning to OSS to be more efficient and ultimately, to keep up with competitors in areas such as mobility and application development. But the use of OSS is not without obligations (i.e. licence terms) or potential consequences for failure to comply with those obligations.

With increasing competition and decreasing resources, developers and development organizations look to open source to keep pace. As OSS use increases, so do challenges to manage, control and ensure compliance with accompanying licences. Additional challenges arise when organizations lack formal policies to regulate OSS use or fail to understand and manage the legal obligations, security vulnerabilities and operational risks arising from such use.

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