Skip To Content

Osler Code Detect

Jun 25, 2018

Pinpoint and manage open source software risks

Open source software may be free, but the costs can be high if you fail to manage licensing risks that can compromise your projects, patent rights, future profits and even your reputation. Osler Code Detect helps you identify and manage open source license risks.

Free and simple to use, Osler Code Detect (usable on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera desktop browsers) is a web application that locally scans your source code to identify open source licenses that pose the highest risk and provides results in an easy-to-understand, visualized format. Learn more about this tool by reading the FAQs and watching the demo video.

How it works

Osler Code Detect is a web application that locally scans your source code folder, identifies open source licenses used in your code that pose the highest risk, and presents scan results in an easy-to-understand and visualized format.

 

Transcript

Who should use Osler Code Detect and why?

Anyone developing or acquiring ownership of software (including any enterprises that own software)

  • Monitor your development team’s use of open source software
  • Perform acceptance testing of code developed for you by a service provider
  • Perform due diligence when acquiring ownership of software developed by someone else
  • Prepare for a financing or sale of your business

Investors in and purchasers of technology companies

  • Perform due diligence on open source usage (without taking possession of the source code)
  • Ensure that companies you own or invest in use open source software responsibly

Osler Code Detect works with Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera desktop browsers. Learn more about this tool by reading the FAQs and watching the demo video.

Use Osler Code Detect