Need to analyse risks in use of open source licenses

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Anitasharma

26 July, 2010

Brain League IP Services, a leading IP Services Company, offers Open Source Software (OSS) License and Risk analysis services. The team of IP and Software experts helps clients to understand flexibilities and limitations of OSS.

OPEN SOURCE software (OSS) has been garnering attention for some time and has gained great prominence now. It is estimated that 99 percent of all companies using software use OSS. Every OSS is governed by a license and its use by or in a business is largely defined by the terms and conditions of each license. As most of the licenses are very legally and technically worded it becomes difficult for a company to understand various aspects of the license relevant for business. Issues such as extent of rights with respect to disclosure of source code, integration with proprietary software, patent risks and so on are quite confusing and will require expert advice.

To address OSS license analysis needs of companies, Brain League IP Services, a leading IP Services Company, offers Open Source Software (OSS) License and Risk analysis services. The team at Brain League comprises of IP and Software experts, which help clients to understand flexibilities, limitations and risks in using software governed by various open source licenses.

Speaking about Brain League's open source software license analysis services, Ms. Vintee, IP Manager said, “We are the only group in India that brings together a blend of experience, expertise and understanding of technology to provide Open Source License Services. Our team works with clients in order to help them make business decisions relating to open source software using well accepted models. We also work with companies to develop OSS policies and processes. We bring about the unique combination of expertise and experience in the field, have greater understanding of software processes, have a professional approach towards providing open source software license services, knowledge of various business models at flexible pricing models and along with an online project tracking system in order to provide complete analytical solution to companies seeking open source software license services.”

Brain League has off late emerged as the leader in the field of IP and its value added open source software license services will go a long way in advising the clients on various issues relating to OSS and pushing the standards of such services being offered in India.