[Crib-list] Speakers: PALLE PEDERSEN and VALERIE FRAYSSE -- Computational Research in Boston Seminar -- Friday, February 1, 2008

[Shirley Entzminger]

 			COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH in BOSTON SEMINAR


DATE:		FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008
TIME:		12:30 PM
LOCATION:	Building 32, Room 124  (Stata Center)

(Pizza and beverages will be provided at 12:15 PM outside Room 32-124.)


Title:	A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPEN SOURCE AND A SNEAK PREVIEW OF ITS FUTURE


Speakers:		PALLE PEDERSEN
 			CTO of RealCME
 			Advisor to and Former CTO of Black Duck Software

 			VALERIE FRAYSSE
 			Chief Scientist
 			Kvasar Technology


ABSTRACT:

How and why do engineers use open source?  Why care about what is in your 
code?  How can you detect the history of code?  Knowing the code's history 
can help shape its future!

Like the hereditary traits found within a sequence of DNA, a string of 
open source code is full of genetic information.  As source code continues 
to evolve and grow increasingly complex, it becomes more important to 
trace the code's ancestry.  With the Open Source Genome, companies can 
understand the origin and history of code, helping to avoid the legal 
ramifications of the improper use and management of open source code and 
licenses.  Certain licenses apply to code and when part of that code is 
taken out and merged with other code, new licenses apply.  This philosophy 
can ultimately help companies identify components that can be reused, 
accelerating software development and the time to market of a product.

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