Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KTSDE.2018.7.12.451

A Study on the Identification of Open Source License Compatibility Violations  

Lee, Dong-Gun (영남대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Seo, Yeong-Seok (영남대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Publication Information
KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering / v.7, no.12, 2018 , pp. 451-460 More about this Journal
Abstract
Open source software is used in various ways when developing new softwares all around the world. It requires rights and responsibilities as a form of an open source software license. Because the license is a contract between original software developers of the open source software and users, we must follow it and extremely cautious to avoid copyright infringement. In particular, we must verify license compatibility when we develop new software using the existing open source softwares. However, license violation issues always occur and lead to lawsuits so that they are having an adverse effect on the open source software ecosystem. Thus, in this paper, we propose a method, OSLC-Vid, to identify license violations whether compatibility issues exist between open source softwares. The proposed method is verified by the experiments to detect actual license violation cases.
Keywords
Open Source Software; License; License Violation; Compatibility; Association Rule Analysis;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 GNU Operating System, Various Licenses and Comments about Them [Internet], https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license -list.en.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses.
2 The Apache Software Foundation, For the purposes of being included in an Apache product, which licenses are considered to be similar in terms to the Apache license 2.0? [Internet], https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html.
3 Joseph Morris, Which License Should I Use? MIT vs. Apache vs. GPL [Internet], https://exygy.com/which-licenseshould-i-use-mit-vs-apache-vs-gpl/.
4 Jim Lynch, Did Remix OS violate the GPL and Apache licenses? [Internet], https://www.infoworld.com/article/3023538/linux/did-remix-os-violate-the-gpl-and-apache-licenses.html
5 Lisa Fenn, Artifex and Hancom Reach Settlement Over Ghostscript Open Source Dispute [Internet], http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/12/prweb14991130.htm.
6 Ashish Shah, "Association rule mining with modified apriori algorithm using top down approach", in Proceedings of the 2016 2nd International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Computing and Communication Technology, pp.747-752, 2016.
7 Chul Nam Lee, "The Research on the Compatibility of Open Source Licenses," Copyright Quarterly, Vol.30, No.1, pp.131-152, 2017.
8 Georgia M. Kapitsaki, FrederikKramer, and Nikolaos D. Tselikas, "Automating the license compatibility process in open source software with SPDX," Journal of Systems and Software, Vol.131, pp.386-401, 2017.   DOI
9 Ruian Duan, Ashish Bijlani, Meng Xu, Taesoo Kim, and Wenke Lee, "Identifying Open-source License Violation and 1-day Security Risk at Large Scale," in Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, pp.2169-2185, 2017.
10 Thomas F. Gordon, "Analyzing open source license compatibility issues with Carneades," in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, pp.51-55, 2011.
11 CodeEye Service, CodeEye Introduction [Internet], https://olis.or.kr/license/compareGuide.do
12 Black Duck By Synopsys, Manage Open Source Risks with Black Duck Hub [Internet], https://www.blackducksoftware.com/solutions/open-source-license-compliance.
13 Charu C. Aggarwal, "Data Mining," 1st ed., Springer Publishing, ch. 4, pp.93-133, 2015.
14 Jean-Marc Adamo, "Data Mining for Association Rules and Sequential Patterns," 1st ed., Springer Publishing, ch. 3, pp.33-48, 2001.
15 Mark Radcliffe, GPLv2 goes to court: More decisions from the Versata tarpit [Internet], https://opensource.com/article/17/12/best-legal.
16 Open Source software Competency Plaza, OSS definition [Internet], https://www.oss.kr/en_oss_definition.
17 North Bridge & Black Duck, 2015 the future of Open source [Internet], https://www.slideshare.net/blackducksoftware/2015-future-of-open-source-survey-results.
18 David Perry, The interesting and complex legal issues of 2017 [Internet], https://opensource.com/article/17/12/best-legal.
19 OpensourceSW License Information Systems, License Introduction [Internet], https://olis.or.kr/en/LicenseIntroduction.do.
20 Byungil Kim, GPL(General Public License) and Legal issues regarding International Private Law, Korea Private International Law Journal, No.14, pp. 80-108, 2008.
21 Open source software License International System, Open source licenses comparison [Internet], https://olis.or.kr/license/compareGuide.do.