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Andy Updegrove

Equality Before the Law: A Failed Standard?

6/08/2020

The first assertion of liberty in the U.S. Declaration of Independence reads as follows:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among …

U.S. Moves Towards Resolving Permitting US Companies to Collaborate with Huawei on 5G Standards

5/12/2020

Department of CommerceRegular readers will know that the addition of Huawei and scores of its subsidiaries to the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security Entity List last May has had a serious impact on standards setting organizations (SSOs). Specifically, the related …

What the Administration is Missing About Huawei and 5G

4/15/2020

Huawei LogoA few weeks ago it seemed likely that the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), would issue new guidance that might free standards setting organizations (SSOs) from the difficult position they have found themselves in for …

Conferences and the Coronavirus: Guidance for Associations and Event Organizers

3/18/2020

COVID-19As the world goes into social lock-down to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus, many conferences, face-to-face meetings, and other in-person gatherings are being cancelled or postponed.  While the mass cancellations are disappointing and disruptive for everyone involved, they …

Standards and Open Source News Summary – March 5, 2020

3/05/2020

There’s been a lot of activity in diverse parts of the standards and open source software development world of late. Here’s a selection of items you may have missed that I think might be of greatest interest.

Why Source Code Scanning Tools are Essential to Open Source Compliance

2/25/2020

Scanning ToolsWhen you incorporate open source (OS) code into larger programs, it is risky to assume that the official license for the project is the only license you need to comply with. This is true even if the only OS code …

What Every User of Open Source Software Needs to Know About License Types

2/12/2020

Speach BubbleNot all free and open source (OS) software licenses have been created to achieve the same goals, and failure to understand the differences can have dire consequences.  Some OS licenses are business-friendly in that they allow the code to be …

A Brief History of Open Source Software, Part 3: The FOSS Environment Today

1/10/2020

In its simplest form, FOSS development requires almost no traditional economic, physical or management support. All that is needed is a place to host code in a manner that allows multiple developers to collaborate on its further development. As FOSS has become more commercially valuable and widely incorporated into vendor and customer strategic plans, however, additional layers of services and structures have evolved to allow FOSS development to become more efficient and robust and the user experience even more productive. These include training, a growing certification testing network, a variety of tools to assist in legal compliance matters, and a network of hosting entities providing a wide range of supporting services and frameworks.

A Brief History of Open Source Software, Part 2: OSS Licenses and Legalities

1/02/2020

Richard Stallman

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the magic of open source software (OSS) is based as much on legal innovation as it is on collaboration. Indeed, the essential innovation that launched free and open source software was …

A Brief History of Open Source Software

12/27/2019

Everybody uses open source software (OSS) today. Millions of people contribute to the code itself. Indeed, a substantial percentage of the users and creators of OSS today are young enough to have never known a world that didn't rely on OSS. In other words, it's very easy to take this remarkable product of open collaboration for granted.

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