Most SaaS products are built partly on open source and third-party code, and the contract language covering that reality often gets less attention than it deserves. A vendor's product might pull in dozens of open source libraries, each with its own license terms, and some of those terms can flow through to the customer in ways that aren't obvious from reading the order form. When in-house counsel reviews a SaaS agreement, the open source and third-party component provisions are easy to skim past, but they can carry real obligations and risk, particularly around copyleft licenses and components that change during the term.
In this webinar, Laura Frederick and Akiva Miller will walk through how to draft and review the provisions that govern open source and third-party components in SaaS contracts. They'll cover what to ask vendors to disclose, how to write warranties that address open source license compliance, and how to handle the pass-through of third-party terms the customer had no hand in negotiating. They'll also look at the questions that come up with AI services, including how open weight models fit into the same analysis.
*Live CLE Credit Information:
How to Contract will apply for 1.25 hours of General CLE credit in CA, PA, and TX.
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