The OSPO UC Santa Cruz and CROSS are pleased to be hosting a Summer seminar series for our affiliated researchers, students and industry partners facilitated by Dr. Dirk Riehle, Professor of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. The series will include four multi-session modules (12 sessions in total).

Module 1: Open source licenses (July 5, 6, 7)
Module 2: Open source audits (July 11, 12, 14)
Module 3: License-compliant distribution (July 18, 20, 21)
Module 4: Open source program office (July 25, 27, 28)

All sessions last approximately one hour and begin at 8am Pacific Time. See specific dates for all sessions below.

Module 1: Open source licenses

Participants learn about open source software and how to interpret its licenses.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

• July 5 (Tuesday): Free/libre, and open-source software licenses
• July 6 (Wednesday): The copyleft obligation
• July 7 (Thursday): The state of open source licensing

Module 2: Open source audits

Participants learn how to create a bill of materials and audit open source software.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

• July 11 (Monday): Software bill of materials
• July 12 (Tuesday): Software composition analysis
• July 14 (Thursday): Open source legal risks

Module 3: License-compliant distribution

Participants learn how to deliver products built on open source to third parties.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

• July 18 (Monday): Standardized license interpretation
• July 20 (Wednesday): License-compliant distribution
• July 21 (Thursday): Continuous integration

Module 4: The open source program office

Participants learn how to set up and operate an open source program office.

This module covers the following topics over the course of three sessions of 1h each:

• July 25 (Monday): The open source program office
• July 27 (Wednesday): Securing the software supply chain
• July 28 (Thursday): University open source program office (Carlos Maltzahn & Stephanie Lieggi)

About the Facilitator: Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle, M.B.A., is the Professor of Open Source Software at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Before joining academia, Riehle led the Open Source Research Group at SAP Labs, LLC, in Palo Alto, California (Silicon Valley). He works on open source and inner source software engineering as well as agile software development methods and continuous delivery. Prof. Riehle holds a Ph.D. in computer science from ETH Zürich and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He welcomes email at dirk@riehle.org, blogs at https://dirkriehle.com, and tweets as @dirkriehle.