Patent ID: 8832647
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for use in analyzing open source content, comprising: obtaining information about a policy of a client regarding use of items of open source content by said client, wherein said open source items are provided by one or more third party providers other than the client, and wherein said policy of said client is separate from any rights granted by said one or more third party providers of said items of open source content; obtaining license information associated with one or more of said items of open source content, wherein the license information is provided by said one or more third party providers independent of said information about said policy; obtaining use information associated with use by said client of said one or more of said items of open source content; and using said policy, said license information, and said use information, operating a computer-based tool to classify said one or more items of said open source content into one of three categories in relation to said policy based on said use information of said client in relation to said information about said policy of said client, wherein said three categories include a first category, a second category, and a third category, and wherein each of said items of open source content classified within said first category is in compliance with said policy, each of said items of open source content classified within said second category is noncompliant with said policy, and each of said items of open source content classified with said third category is conditionally compliant with said policy; wherein said policy defines one of use parameters and user parameters associated with said items of open source content, wherein said use parameters define one or more allowable uses for ones of said items of open source content.