Open source license inconsistencies on github

T Wolter, A Barcomb, D Riehle… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Almost all software, open or closed, builds on open source software and therefore needs to
comply with the license obligations of the open source code. Not knowing which licenses to …

LiDetector: License Incompatibility Detection for Open Source Software

S Xu, Y Gao, L Fan, Z Liu, Y Liu, H Ji - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Open-source software (OSS) licenses dictate the conditions, which should be followed to
reuse, distribute, and modify software. Apart from widely-used licenses such as the MIT …

Understanding and Remediating Open-Source License Incompatibilities in the PyPI Ecosystem

W Xu, H He, K Gao, M Zhou - 2023 38th IEEE/ACM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The reuse and distribution of open-source software must be in compliance with its
accompanying open-source license. In modern packaging ecosystems, maintaining such …

LiResolver: License Incompatibility Resolution for Open Source Software

S Xu, Y Gao, L Fan, L Li, X Cai, Z Liu - Proceedings of the 32nd ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Open source software (OSS) licenses regulate the conditions under which OSS can be
legally reused, distributed, and modified. However, a common issue arises when …

Help me with this: A categorization of open source software problems

GM Kapitsaki, ND Tselikas, KID Kyriakou… - Information and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Context: Free and Open Source Software is widely used in the research community
and the software industry. In this context, developers come across various issues they need …

Prevalence and evolution of license violations in npm and RubyGems dependency networks

IS Makari, A Zerouali, C De Roover - International Conference on Software …, 2022 - Springer
It can be challenging to manage an open source package from a licensing perspective.
License violations can be introduced by both direct and indirect package dependencies …

Empirical study on dependency-related license violation in the javascript package ecosystem

S Qiu, DM German, K Inoue - Journal of Information Processing, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Open source software (OSS) is software whose source code can be reused under some
particular terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are usually described by one or …

Modeling and recommending open source licenses with findOSSLicense

GM Kapitsaki, G Charalambous - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open source software is widely used in the software industry and the academia. Licenses
applied to open source software provide the terms for its further use and distribution …

From one to hundreds: multi-licensing in the JavaScript ecosystem

JP Moraes, I Polato, I Wiese, F Saraiva… - Empirical Software …, 2021 - Springer
Open source licenses create a legal framework that plays a crucial role in the widespread
adoption of open source projects. Without a license, any source code available on the …

License recommendation for open source projects in the power industry

X Zhang, H Xu, Q Yu, S Zeng, S Dai, H Yang… - Information and Software …, 2024 - Elsevier
Context: Establishing secure and appropriate licensing procedures for open-source software
is essential in the development of a decentralized renewable energy system within the smart …