OSR Projects

The Open Source Readiness SIG maintains several projects to support financial services firms' open source efforts.

Open Source License Compliance Handbook

A guide for complying with a wide range of open source licenses in common use cases. It's an invaluable resource for enabling developers to manage the most common compliance tasks without unnecessary legal and compliance review.

  • [Download] a PDF of the Handbook
  • Check out the project on GitHub

Reference FOSS Policy

A comprehensive model corporate policy for consuming, contributing to, and publishing open source software. It's a great starting point for firms adopting their first open source policy or revising an existing one.

Checklist: Establishing an Open Source Compliance Program

We built some high-level workflows for common open source compliance processes, along with a checklist that helps establishing an open source compliance program within your firm.