What enterprises need to know about the software they depend on

Knowing an application contains open source components is not the same as understanding the software and communities behind them.For many organizations, the software supply chain extends across thousands of dependencies, developed and maintained by communities, foundations, vendors, and individual contributors. Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Chris Wright described this as the enterprise software fabric: a shared network where developers from different companies, projects, and communities build and maintain code together.That collaboration is one of open source’s greatest strengths. It allows