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Show HN: FOSSA – Effortlessly track and comply with open source licenses

26 points by XiZhao 10y ago

achou 10y ago
(I'm an investor in Fossa) Open source is ubiquitous, and few seem to have a great handle on what they are using. Excited to see Fossa take a stab at this in a way that is developer-friendly. Also check out tldrLegal, software licenses in plain english: https://tldrlegal.com https://tldrlegal.com.
- brackin 10y ago
  Already so much value from TL;DR informing FOSSA!
geraldfong 10y ago
I've known Kevin for a long time -- smart, persistent, and on top of things. Cheering for him and Fossa!
- petergatsby 10y ago
  A long-needed solution to an increasingly important problem -- I hope they keep a free version after the Beta.
XiZhao 10y ago
Hi HN — founder here, and really pleased to share FOSSA with you! Over the past year, we’ve been incubating the product at some amazing companies like SolarCity and SmartThings (more announcing soon!) to scale it across cutting-edge engineering teams and get it ready for this moment. Today, we’re also announcing a $2.2MM seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from humbling angels including the founders of Salesforce, Skype, YouTube, Cloudera, Tinder and others — read more about it here: https://medium.com/fossa/announcing-fossa-public-beta-funding-8cf56cf8ebc6#.q3kusnp26 https://medium.com/fossa/announcing-fossa-public-beta-fundin... Excited to hear your feedback on what we’ve built. You may have used a free resource on OSS licensing that we created and maintain: http://tldrlegal.com http://tldrlegal.com. We see FOSSA as an attempt to tackle similar problems in a commercial scenario.
billehunt 10y ago
Big fan of Fossa and the team. They're solving an important problem.
the7nd 10y ago
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. If I knew the giants I stood on, it is by the work of Fossa.
tmateen 10y ago
This is awesome

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Show HN: FOSSA – Effortlessly track and comply with open source licenses

26 points by XiZhao 10y ago

achou 10y ago
(I'm an investor in Fossa) Open source is ubiquitous, and few seem to have a great handle on what they are using. Excited to see Fossa take a stab at this in a way that is developer-friendly. Also check out tldrLegal, software licenses in plain english: https://tldrlegal.com https://tldrlegal.com.
- brackin 10y ago
  Already so much value from TL;DR informing FOSSA!
geraldfong 10y ago
I've known Kevin for a long time -- smart, persistent, and on top of things. Cheering for him and Fossa!
- petergatsby 10y ago
  A long-needed solution to an increasingly important problem -- I hope they keep a free version after the Beta.
XiZhao 10y ago
Hi HN — founder here, and really pleased to share FOSSA with you! Over the past year, we’ve been incubating the product at some amazing companies like SolarCity and SmartThings (more announcing soon!) to scale it across cutting-edge engineering teams and get it ready for this moment. Today, we’re also announcing a $2.2MM seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from humbling angels including the founders of Salesforce, Skype, YouTube, Cloudera, Tinder and others — read more about it here: https://medium.com/fossa/announcing-fossa-public-beta-funding-8cf56cf8ebc6#.q3kusnp26 https://medium.com/fossa/announcing-fossa-public-beta-fundin... Excited to hear your feedback on what we’ve built. You may have used a free resource on OSS licensing that we created and maintain: http://tldrlegal.com http://tldrlegal.com. We see FOSSA as an attempt to tackle similar problems in a commercial scenario.
billehunt 10y ago
Big fan of Fossa and the team. They're solving an important problem.
the7nd 10y ago
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. If I knew the giants I stood on, it is by the work of Fossa.
tmateen 10y ago
This is awesome