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Free and open source software - what every development manager needs to know
Practice Area: Systems
Sector: Information technology
Jurisdiction: Global
Published: 15 December 2011
Law Firm: Black Duck
Overview
Companies who use free and open source software such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Android, YouTube and Google understand the benefits of innovation, and use FOSS as a way to balance risk and innovation while managing cost.
FOSS is pervasive in today's software lifecycle and supply chain. Industry analyst Gartner estimates that by 2013 open source technology will be included in 85 percent of all commercial software packages. However, whilst free and open source is about opportunity, there are also significant risk, complexity, and management challenges as well.
In this white paper, IT experts Black Duck address the operational and security risks every development manager must take into account when creating software in a multi-source development environment, how they are often underestimated in the use of free and open source software, and how they can be addressed with best practices and tools.
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