Business Assets · Intellectual property · Component
The licence obligations
What the organisation is bound by through what it has built on — third-party terms that follow the product wherever it goes.
The deliverable
What it is
Anything built on third-party components inherits their terms. Some are permissive, some require attribution, and some place conditions on what may be distributed.
The obligations that cause difficulty are rarely the well-known ones. They are the small dependencies added years ago by someone who has since left.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The inbound licences
What the organisation uses under someone else’s terms.
3 attributes: Component · Licensor · Licence
LearnThe restrictions
What each licence prevents or requires.
3 attributes: Restriction · Restriction type · Affects
LearnThe compliance position
Whether the obligations are actually being met.
3 attributes: Compliance status · Action needed · Owner
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The difficult obligations come from small dependencies added years ago by someone who has since left. Generate the list rather than recalling it.
The other components in intellectual property
The IP schedule
Every significant intangible with a rights position — what it is, what protection it carries, and where it is registered.
LearnThe ownership evidence
The documents that establish who actually owns what — contractor assignments above all, which are where ownership most often fails.
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