The Open Source Compliance (OSC) Seminar

Learn how to streamline open source compliance and get ahead of the EU’s CRA

Product vendors need to comply with the obligations put upon them by licenses and regulation of the open-source code they are using in their projects and products. Otherwise, an immediate sales and distribution stop could be enforced.

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Summary

In this full-day seminar, you will learn everything you need to know about how to comply with licenses and regulation of projects and products that contain open source code, including the latest on the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act. It provides an integrative perspective that shows how the legal counsel, the engineering department, and the person or office tasked with managing open source work together best. It is suitable for all main stakeholders.

Target audience

• Open source program officers
• Engineering managers
• Legal counsel
• Architects, developers

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Seminar content

Below, please find an overview of the seminar content. You can also download a one-page flyer (PDF).

A. What’s in your software?

1. The software bill of materials
2. Software composition analysis
3. Securing the software supply chain

B. Open source governance

4. Open source software licenses and obligations
5. Copyright and patent risks from open-source software
6. Copyleft and open source governance

C. License compliance

7. Attribution and the open source legal notices
8. Efficient engineering workflows and tools
9. License-compliant delivery of projects and products

D. The cyber resilience act

10. The European Union’s cyber resilience act
11. Vendor risks and responsibilities
12. Vulnerability management

The spoken language of the seminar is English, unless everyone agrees to switch to German.

If you are unsure, please contact us about the language.

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Public seminars

All seminars are full-day seminars and run Fridays, from 9am to 5pm (CET/CEST). The fee is €990 net (+ 19% VAT / MwSt. where applicable). Rather than pay online, you can request a product offer for a purchase order by email or directly an invoice and pay by wire transfer.

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