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# OSS License Compliance: Practising Law Institute | FOSSA

## License Compliance for Containers and Beyond

Welcome PLI members! In-house legal teams use FOSSA to automate open source license compliance, saving time and reducing risk. Here’s how it works.

[Contact FOSSA](#request-demo)
[Learn More](https://fossa.com/pli/product/open-source-licence-compliance)

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### Open Source Management for In-House Legal Teams

#### Complete license inventory

Inventory open source licenses across direct and transitive dependencies. Surface detailed metadata information including license text, copyright info, and licensing obligations.

#### Audit-grade reporting

Generate audit-ready attribution reports and bill of materials at the click of a button. Download and distribute the reports yourself, or have [FOSSA host them for you](https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/lippincott-medicine/medical-education/firecracker/open-source-attribution).

#### Sophisticated policy governance

Apply licensing policies across company, product, and team. Start with a pre-built template (developed with industry experts like Heather Meeker), or create one from scratch.

#### Complete license inventory

Integrations with CI/CD pipelines and engineering-preferred ticketing systems like Jira enable efficient collaboration between in-house legal and engineering teams.

### Implement Compliance Policies at Scale

Apply built-in, customizable OSS policies across company, product, and team.

- Configurable policies flag or block violations natively via existing engineering workflows
- Conditional rules provide actionable remediation through use and linkage detection
- Default policy templates deliver industry best practices from experts
- Developer-friendly experience for easy triage, escalation, and workflow integration

### Certified Reports for Every Event

Generate audit-ready attribution and risk reports and BoMs at the click of a button.

- Continuous compliance with the only true OSS supply chain management solution
- Get self-updating attributions, bill of materials, and audit bundles with every code change
- Speedy issue remediation with actionable, legal instructions and smart resolution advice
- Release comparisons to preview patches and visualize changes proactively

### Request a demo to see how FOSSA can help your organization manage OSS license compliance

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