OpenLogic's M&A Open Source Audit service helps enterprises involved in mergers and acquisitions by providing technical due diligence on software and technology assets to determine any open source that is included. Buyers, venture capitalists, and other interested parties can leverage the M&A Open Source Audit service to ensure that products are correctly licensed and free of intellectual property conflicts. Sellers can use the M&A Open Source Audit service to ensure mergers and acquisitions move forward smoothly and without asset devaluation.

What's Included

OpenLogic's M&A Open Source Audit service delivers fast, comprehensive source code scanning combined with detailed analysis and certification of license obligations to provide you with detailed due diligence information. The M&A Open Source Audit service includes:

• Application Audit, which includes a detailed scan of software assets to identify open source, as well as a due diligence report with a complete list of open source packages and licenses that were found along with the relevant obligations that must be followed to comply with the licenses.
• Application Certification, which includes a thorough review and certification of the compliance steps that have been taken.
• Limited indemnification on results.
• Optional referral to outside counsel with open source expertise for legal review.
• Optional subscription to OpenLogic's OSS Fulfillment Center service, which helps enterprises comply with license obligations requiring that open source code be provided.

How It Works

Based on the specifics of your application, we use multiple scanning tools – including our OSS Deep Discovery source code scanning tool – to ensure comprehensive results with minimal false positives. Our source code scanning experts analyze the results to produce a due diligence report, which lists the embedded open source packages and licenses, and a summary of the license obligations.

Once all license obligations have been identified, we review the code and product to validate the steps that have been taken to comply with the open source licenses. We provide a report showing the compliance steps we have validated as well as a letter of certification on the obligations that were discovered. Limited indemnification is also provided on the results.

Get a Quote

Ready to learn more about how OpenLogic can help you perform due diligence for a merger or acquisition? Contact us today for a quote on the M&A Open Source Service, or register for a demonstration of OSS Deep Discovery and see how quickly and accurately it scans source code.