[Linux-aus] fwd: Black Duck seminar in Sydney

[Pia Waugh]

Hi all,

thought this might be of interest for a few people.

Cheers,
Pia

PS - BTW, Waugh Partners is helping with this seminar and product launch.

----- Forwarded message from Con Fiamegos <Con_Fiamegos at ocs.com> -----

How well do you know your software? How can you be sure it is all actually
yours? Do you need help managing multiple software licences within the one
product?

Imagine being able to test your source code for anything that shouldn't be
there, giving you and your users peace of mind.

Event:              Software compliance - avoiding the next SCO
Date:               September 20th - 8am till 11am
Catering:           Breakfast provided
Venue:              Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, 2000
Phone:              02 9266 9001
Email:              Con_Fiamegos at ocs.com
Intended Audience:  Software developers, Open Source companies, lawyers,               
                    researchers, Government, IP specialists
Cost:               Free

Seating is limited - register now! You could win a tasty Treo 650 door prize.

http://www.ocs.au.com/news.php?page=newsEvents

Open Channel Solutions presents Black Duck to the Australian market. Black Duck
provide a world class Software Compliance Management service. Software
Compliance Management is a new discipline that focuses on the intellectual
property aspect of software development. Best practices in Software Compliance
Management involve developers, marketers, and lawyers working together to
govern software assets without bogging down development or limiting
possibilities. Black Duck allows companies to proactively and confidently
combine homegrown, third party, and open source software to build applications
that meet internal or market needs - without putting them or their customers at
risk.

This short seminar includes presenters from Black Duck to talk about this
problem space and how they can help you deal with it. They will be talking
through real world examples of software compliancy issues, as well as giving a
live demo running source code through their product.

Event Agenda:

8:00        Breakfast and registration

8:20        Welcome and introduction by Con Fiamegos (Open Channel
            Solutions)

8:30        Software compliance: What's the problem? Chander Khanna (Black
            Duck) Chander will discuss why software compliance is so important
            at the moment and the risks businesses face.

9:00        Introducing Black Duck by Chander Khanna (Black Duck)
            Black Duck and how can they help?

9:30        Tea Break

9:45        The Australian Open Source Ecosystem and Software Compliance
            by Pia Waugh (Waugh Partners)

9:55        Case Studies by Ronan Fagan (Black Duck)
            Ronan will cover real case studies of businesses who had
            compliancy issues with their software, and how these problems
            were overcome.

10:25       Source code compliance demonstration by Ronan Fagan (Black Duck)
            Bring some source code of your own to test in this demo. Ronan will       
            show how the Black Duck product, ProtexIP can scan your source
            code and deliver comprehensive reports including how the code is
            licenced and where it comes from.

11:00       Close and prize drawn by Con Fiamegos (Open Channel Solutions)

----- End forwarded message -----

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