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Founder FAQ: open source license questions in plain words
Short answers for founders on MIT, copyleft, no license, notices, and SBOM license fields, each tied to the license text or spec. Not legal advice.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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What do you ask when a vendor gives a vague security answer?
When a vendor answers 'we take security seriously', ask for the specific control, the date, the scope and the evidence. A follow-up question bank.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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What are the five stages of an open source review, and what to automate?
Five stages approve open source use: scan, resolve, legal review, architecture review, final review. Scanning automates well. The rest need people.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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Which security documents does a 10 person engineering team need?
Five short documents cover most of what a small team needs: assets, access, incident plan, change rule and vendors. What each one holds. Short and usable.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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A compliance check is failing: fix it, explain it or exclude it?
When an automated compliance check fails, fix the control, document a justified exception, or correct the test. Here is how to choose and what to record.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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How do I export a GitHub member list for an access review?
Organization owners can export members with 2FA status and role as CSV or JSON. Steps, what the file proves, and what an access review still needs.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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How do you explain a legacy system exception to an auditor?
Auditors want a clear story for a legacy exception: why it exists, what compensates, proof it works, who owns it, when it ends. Five artifacts to bring.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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How do you explain automated fix pull requests to an auditor?
Auditors ask who approved a change a bot proposed. Describe automated fix pull requests as ordinary change management: author, review, test, merge, rescan.
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Which exception process myths will not survive an audit?
Five common beliefs about vulnerability exceptions fail under audit, including that a Slack approval is enough. Here is each myth with the fact behind it.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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