It’s up to software developers to honor the copyright and license terms of the third-party software they use. Some open-source licenses include obligations forcing any derivative work making use of its code to also be made open source – putting your intellectual property at risk. This license propagation could require a company to release their proprietary code.
While some AI coding tools offer “copyright commitments” that offer some legal protection, it’s important to be aware of their limitations. Some may apply only to software libraries found in specific code repositories that were published within certain date ranges.
Now, there is a way to leverage AI coding assistants while confidently controlling the software copyright and license risk they introduce.
Advanced Software Composition Analysis toolsets like FossID scan your entire codebase to inventory all third-party software libraries you may be using and provide you with associated security vulnerability and license risk information.
When it comes to AI-generated code snippets however, you need to have precise and reliable “Code Snippet Detection”. FossID has pioneered this technology and can accurately identify open-source software libraries with as little as 6 lines of code present while still greatly minimizing false positives.
FossID’s Code Snippet Detection accurately identifies open source generated by AI assistants and applies advanced scoring to surface the true origin of a match so you know exactly what potential risks may be hiding in your software before you ship it.
If you’re eager to adopt AI coding assistants but wary of the risk, check out FossID.
- Precise snippet detection that finds all licensed code introduced by AI.
- Intelligent filtering and matching for more accurate scan results.
- And flexible workflow integrations for maximum developer productivity.