GTC Law Group’s Tony Decicco presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on May 9, 2018. The webinar, titled “Introduction to Open Source Software & Licensing,” covered: Brief history and definition of open source The most popular open source licenses and their obligations Compliance best practices
GTC Law Group’s Anthony Decicco and Leon Schwartz present at a firm-hosted TechGC event on January 24, 2019 in Boston. Tony and Leon shared expertise on the impact open source software may have on transactions (such as M&A events, large customer contracts and IPOs) for venture backed startups, and address myths regarding the use of open source software by SaaS companies. The presentation featured a lively discussion of the competing views of buyers and sellers and provided GCs with actionable insights they can use to pave the way for a smooth exit. Earlier in the day, GTC shareholders Rick Olin, […]
GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on February 6, 2019. The webinar, titled “The 2018 Open Source Year in Review,” highlighted the most significant legal developments related to open source software in 2018, including: • Big open source transactions • Business model problems and the proposed solutions • The need to extend the scope of an audit to cover web services/APIs • The changing tide in open source license adoption
GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on August 15, 2019. The webinar, titled “What You Need to Know About Source Licensing,” offered practical advice to help to mitigate risk associated with open source and highlighted: • The history and risk of open source software • Intellectual property law for software licensing • The most popular licenses and their obligations
GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, presented at Black Duck Flight 2019 on September 18, 2019. The presentation, titled “Stump the Lawyers: Q&A/Discussion of Open Source Licenses for Developers”, covered: • How to decode the legalese and details on open source licensing • Opportunity to share ideas, best practices and key success factors as it relates to open source licenses
GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, presented at Black Duck Flight 2019 on September 19, 2019. The presentation, titled “So You’ve Got Your Open Source Audit Report, Now What?”, covered: • How to effectively identify and manage compliance and security risks associated with open source software • Next steps once you have composition of the code