Join us for the SPDX Forum
Join us on April 6, 2012 in San Jose, California for the one day SPDX Forum: Managing Open Source Software Licenses with Suppliers and Customers. The SPDX Forum will help companies learn how to streamline their open source license compliance processes. The forum will bring together procurement, supply chain, legal and technical staff at companies that use open source technologies in their products to discuss challenges and best practices for complying with open source licenses across the software supply chain. Register now for this free event.
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The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX™) specification is a standard format for communicating the components, licenses and copyrights associated with a software package.
To learn more:
- read the SPDX white paper (substantially updated Aug 11)
- watch this three minute webinar
- Read the SPDX 1.0 announcement and statements of support.
The SPDX standard helps facilitate compliance with free and open source software licenses by standardizing the way license information is shared across the software supply chain. SPDX reduces redundant work by providing a common format for companies and communities to share important data about software licenses and copyrights, thereby streamlining and improving compliance.
The SPDX specification is developed by the SPDX workgroup, which is hosted by the Linux Foundation. The grass-roots effort includes representatives from more than 20 organizations—software, systems and tool vendors, foundations and systems integrators—all committed to creating a standard for software package data exchange formats.
Participation in the SPDX workgroup is open to all.