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What guidance is provided for developers regarding open source licenses in detected dependencies?

Mend provides open-source license information for License Type, Copy Rights, Attributes, Notices, Copyleft, Linking, OSD Compliance and details around Patents & Royalties.
Mend has also conducted an in-house analysis of many of the main license types and provided risk scores to help developers determine what risks and factors they should keep in mind when deciding which license they should use.
The system will also notify developers of libraries that contain multiple licenses, allowing them to select from a drop-down of more than 500 license types, the one that is relevant to their organization. The developer can also reach out to our Research team and request resolution of the license or assign it to themselves.
There are also numerous reports which are specifically designed for Open Source License Management, including:
Due Diligence, Attribution, License Compatibility Reports and more...

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