Name: In From the Cold - Open Source as Part of Mainstream Software Asset Management - Shane Coughlan, The Linux Foundation
Start: 2025-06-25T11:55:00-0600
End: 2025-06-25T12:35:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 3D

Software Asset Management (SAM) provides a way to manage software across small, medium and large entities. It is often seen as a way of addressing licensing or for making sure company staff are using permitted software applications and versions.

Open source has traditionally been divorced from SAM, which was focused on proprietary software solutions. Partly this was due to practical matters like different licensing schemes, and partly it was an artifact of separate paths of evolution.

However, in recent years open source has increasingly adopted approaches to licensing, security and other challenges that mirror SAM. Examples include the use of standards like ISO/IEC 5230 for licensing and ISO/IEC 18974 for security, of implementation standards like ISO/IEC 5962 for Software Bill of Materials.

As a consequence, open source is now more closely aligned with SAM. This talk will examine what that means for open source management overhead today, and where it will take us in the future. This talk is intended to equip people in open source strategy, legal and team leadership to navigate changes as smoothly as possible.

Speakers

Shane Coughlan

OpenChain General Manager, The Linux Foundation

Shane Coughlan is an expert in communication, security and business development. His professional accomplishments include spearheading the licensing team that elevated OIN into the largest patent non-aggression community in history and establishing the first global network for open... Read More →

Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D

Operations Management

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

Open Source Summit North America 2025

Shane Coughlan

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