We are proud to share an article, published in Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today, by Hannah Dacayanan, an Intellectual Property Consultant at UnitedLex.
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools are widely used in modern software development to identify open source components and manage licensing compliance. As open source is embedded in most commercial codebases, these tools help track components such as libraries and frameworks and ensure that organizations meet license requirements, which may include attribution, notice preservation, and sharing source code where required.
However, automated SCA results do not always fully capture actual licensing obligations, which can lead to legal and commercial risks, especially during external distribution or transactions. SCA is the process of analyzing third-party components, their licenses, versions, and potential risks, using automated technologies to scan code and related software artifacts.
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