Author: Aindrila Mitra

Open source moves fast. Faster than most teams expect. One day you copy a small library to save time. A few months later, that same code sits deep inside your product, your pitch deck, and your future valuation. That is where things get risky. An open-source governance policy is not about rules for the sake…

Most teams do not break because of bad ideas. They break because of small things they did not see coming. One of the biggest of those small things is transitive dependencies. If you build software, you already depend on other code. That is normal. What is not normal is when hidden code you never chose…

Most teams ship containers every day. Few stop to ask what is really inside them. That gap is where risk lives. One small mistake in a container image can turn into a security issue, a license problem, or a hard stop during a deal. This article is about closing that gap in a clear and…

If you ship software, you are already carrying legal risk, whether you know it or not. Every library you pull in, every package you install, every snippet you copy adds rules. Some of those rules are light. Some are strict. All of them expect one thing from you: credit. That credit lives in one place.…

Software today is built fast. Really fast. Most teams do not write everything from scratch. They pull in open source code, shared libraries, and ready-made tools so they can ship sooner. That speed is great. But it also hides real risk. Software Composition Analysis, or SCA, is how you see what is inside your code…

Software moves fast. Startups move even faster. Code ships daily, tools stack up, and open-source parts slide quietly into products without much thought. That speed is a strength, but it also creates risk. Today, customers, partners, and governments want to know exactly what is inside the software they rely on. That is where SBOM comes…

If you build software, you are already dealing with licenses, even if you do not realize it yet. Every library you pull in, every model you fine-tune, every snippet you copy has rules attached to it. Those rules decide what you can ship, what you can sell, and what you might be forced to give…

You built something real. Code that works. A tool others want to use. An SDK, an API, or a library that could spread fast and power other products. This is a good problem to have. But now there is a quiet question sitting in the room. Who can use it, how they can use it,…

Most founders think open source is simple. You use some code. You move fast. You ship. But hidden inside many open-source licenses are patent rules that can quietly affect your company’s future. One of the most important, and most misunderstood, is the patent clause in Apache 2.0. If you are building software, AI systems, developer…

If you are building a SaaS company, the code you choose today can quietly decide your future. One small license choice can open doors or create traps that are hard to escape later. The AGPL license is one of those choices. It often looks harmless, even helpful. Many teams use AGPL code without slowing down…