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“Central”, “Maven Central”, “The Central Repository”.  You’ll here these terms a lot when discussing Java open source-based development.  At Sonatype, we often take it for granted that everyone knows what we mean when we say “Central”.  We know that’s not true, so we’ve put together this short video overview of Central and what it means to the Java community.  Enjoy. (more…)

Choosing components with appropriate licenses is critical to ensuring you realize the benefits and avoid the risks when developing with open source components. But, how well do you know your licenses?

• Can you describe the differences between permissive, weakly protective and copyleft licenses?
• Do you understand the ramifications of including copyleft licensed components in your commercial applications?
• Do you know how component dependencies affect your application’s licensing?

If you want to brush up on your knowledge, please check out our short paper on open source licensing available here.

We’ve been publishing a series of tips on managing your use of open source maximize benefits and minimize the risks.  You can find earlier posts in the series here and a summary of the entire set of tips here.  In today’s post, we complete the series with a tip on establishing mechanisms to monitor the effectiveness of your open source governance program. (more…)

We want your opinion

Thank you to everyone who made it to our Nexus 2.0 Sneak Preview webinar last week!  We had a fantastic turnout and received tremendous interest from our users in the features that are coming in Nexus Pro 2.0, including:

• Integrated security and licensing reports to discover problematic components
• Improved availability with our new Nexus Availability Architecture
• Ability to manage both Java and .NET components from a single repository

The webinar recording is now available here.

Special pre-release pricing is available for Nexus Pro 2.0. Check out the webinar or contact a representative for more information.