The OpenChain Education Work Group and LF Training have collaborated on Introduction to Open Source License Compliance Management (LFC193), a free course with individual certification is now available.
Who Is It For
This course is intended for developers, project managers and executive decision makers who already know the basics of what open source software is and how copyrights work and are ready to take the next step towards building a formal compliance program for their organization.
What You’ll Learn
This course provides a reference example of how an open source compliance program should be structured. It is designed to be used in the context of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 but can be used for any open source compliance program. The course provides knowledge from the basics of intellectual property through to key concepts of an open source review. It is based on real-world experience and focuses on outcomes that are directly applicable to product and service deployment. The outcome of this course will be a clear understanding of how to use compliance as business optimization, reducing resource use and increasing efficiency.
What It Prepares You For
This course enables you to deal with the basics of open source license compliance management. You will be able to assess the current status of your company and begin planning improvements to processes. If you are a project manager, engineer or management personnel with a responsibility for architecture and strategy, this course will be particularly useful.
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Huge kudos to Balakrishna and everyone else in the Education Work Team for making this happen 🙂