OPEN SOURCE: THE MARKET & ITS PROBLEMS

OPEN SOURCE MARKET

The use of open source is essential for businesses to compete in a rapidly changing SW environment.
Global Corporations are driving market growth with significant investments.

$78 Billion Market Size - Gartner, 2017 -

PROBLEMS IN OPEN SOURCE

Security vulnerabilities and license violations may lead to hacking and lawsuits.
For a blockchain project, this may result in a sharp decline of invested value or a stop of its business.

01. Security Vulnerability
: Easily exposed to viruses / hacks when using vulnerable open source
- 75 %
  
  75% of cyberattacks are caused by SW’s security vulnerabilities
- 4800
  
  More than 4800 new open source code vulnerabilities were reported in 2017
- 78 %
  
  Over 78% security vulnerabilities detected in applications using open source
02. Weak License Management
: Misused Licenses are risks to legal disputes and lawsuits
- 85 %
  
  More than 85% of applications are violating open source licenses
- !
  
  Conflict of Obligation between main product license and the licenses used
- 53 %
  
  53% of applications contain unknown licenses

NOTABLE CASES

SERVICE & BUSINESS MODEL

EYES SERVICE : FOSSGuard(Korea’s only auditing service) + Extended Service

Open Source Automated Analysis
- Automated similarity analysis based on feature points of source code
- Provide list of similar open source files and license information
Auto Collision Check
- Provide a list of license conflicts and risk information
- Manage history list for license conflicts
Source Code Identification
- Provide additional information to identify open source
- Provide identification function by source code comparison
Verification Result Report
- Analysis Reports and Comprehensive Reports
- Various output formats such as XLS and PDF

FOSSGuard Service
EXTENSION SERVICE
- OSS
  Vulnerability
  Verification
- Blockchain
  SPDX
- External
  governance
  Service
- OSS
  Family tree
  Service
- Verification
  History
- Bug
  Bounty
- OSS
  Recommend
  Service
- EYES
  Exchange
  Module
- Infrastructure
  Service
- Binary
  License
  Verification
- Contribute
  Service
- EYES AI
- Project
  Management
- EYES
  Payment
- OSS
  Rating Service
- User
  Community
- OSS
  Searching
- EYES
  Wallet

BM/BUSINESS MODEL

EYES PROTOCOL

[Auditing] EYES Service

Open Source Verificaition Service based on Blockchain

Open Source License Auditing Service

OSS license verification
Bin/Lib license verification
OSS recommendation service
OSS license family-tree service
OSS search service

OSS Vulnerability Auditing Service

OSS Vulneribility Management
Web Server Vulnerability Management

[Circulation] EYES Zone

Marketplace with
EYES payment support

MARKET PLACE Potential Services

EYES Pay
Mileage
Exchange
Cash back
Game money
Cloud Service
Others

[Standard] EYES Rating

Open Source Rating Standard Development and Screening Services integrated with Community Governance and AI Tech

Open Source Code Assessment Platform

New scientific and objective code "Rating" service
Provide objective and unbiased ratings using AI
Implement decentralized and realistic assessment by community
Reliable evaluation for software quality
All SWs will be evaluated by the EYES Rating Platform

Roadmap of eyes

2020
1Q
DATA CENTER
- Collect Open Source DB
FOSSGuard
- User interface Improve
- Source code similarity verification
- Binary file inspection
- EYES PROTOCOL MVP Release
BIZ
- Community Building
- make Partnership
2Q
DATA CENTER
- Open the continueous collection system
FOSSGuard
- File License refine
- License conflict resolve module
EYES Protocol
- QA for EYES Service
- EYES Service Open
  (like as Google Interface)
- Binary Exact Matching
- Source code similarity service
BIZ
- Second Listing
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
3Q
DATA CENTER
- Management consol for refining
FOSSGuard
- Component consistency check
- Keyward Search Module
EYES Protocol
- Contribute/reward Service
- EYES Wallet
BIZ
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
4Q
FOSSGuard
- Vulnerability Verificaiton Module
- Governance Process Module
EYES Protocol
- Open source recommend service
- App Store verion
- Payment module
BIZ
- EYES Zone (10 ea)
- Third Listing
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)

2021
1Q
DATA CENTER
- Discover new OSS site
FOSSGuard
- DevOps Interface
EYES Protocol
- EYES External Interface
- Open source Family tree service
- Bug Bounty
BIZ
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
2Q
EYES Protocol
- Contract Vulnerability Service
- EYES AI Auto Module
- SPDX Support
BIZ
- Fourth Listing
- Break the BEP
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
3Q
EYES Protocol
- Developer Community Service
- Open source Governance Serivice
- Verification History service
BIZ
- China version open
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
4Q
EYES Protocol
- EYES ZONE 500
BIZ
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)

2022
1Q
EYES Protocol
- Code Rating Service
BIZ
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
2Q
EYES Protocol
- Web Vulnerability Scan Service
BIZ
- Global Service Open(EU,JP)
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
3Q
BIZ
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)
4Q
EYES Protocol
- EYES ZONE 5,000
BIZ
- OSS License Issue Report
  (B.C. project)

EYES PROTOCOL ADVISOR

Daniel Kim

Daniel Kim Advisor

He is a BLOCK PATCH CEO,He is CEO of BLOCK PATCH. So, he makes a business between China and Korea. Also, he is specialist in Blockchain Area and classic industry, because he was BD in Ether Lab and Hyundai Merchant Marine.
Jonghoon Kim

Jonghoon Kim Advisor

Jonghoon is Rocketfuel partner and founding member in Korea. Also, He had a roll that main incubator in Vanta Network. Nowadays, he is doning localization advisor in Darcmatter and ITAM games.
Qu Ming

Qu Ming Advisor

Qu Ming is from the MBA in Economics at Chung-Ang University.Founder & CEO of Quest Capital, Hong Kong's block chain investment firm.It is also Korea Partner of China Hash Capital.
Oh Dong Chul

Oh Dong Chul Advisor

Oh Dong-chul, the Master of Financial Engineering, is a specialist in foreign exchange transactions and global economic trends. After completing his MBA at the California Graduate School, he worked at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Monetary Policy Committee. Since 2006, he has been involved in international trade and foreign exchange business at the Bank of Korea, served as a director.
Joon Lee

Joon Lee Advisor

He has been working in various industries on all around data related technologies. In Korea, he worked at Samsung SDS as a software developer and DBA of financial applications, and Orcle database consultant and instructor. Ever since he moved to the United State, he has been leading the data & BI teams. In the team, he has been building and ehancing the data life cycle from data generation to provide the data back into the business systems through various technologies and machine learning technologies. He has been experienced in following industries:Gaming industry in Nexon America:Retail industry in Forever21:CRM/Credit reporting service industry in Experian:Aerospace industry in SpaceX. Since he started his career, he has been believing in "Power of Data" and considered the ways of converting the data into insight and knowledge.
Byungjoo Chung

Byungjoo Chung Advisor

"He worked for Ssangyong Information & Communication Co. and Korea Computer Telecom Co., and has been working as CEO of CUBRID, a DBMS-specialized firm, since 2006. He successfully commercialized Open Source SW in the Korean market for the first time. Since 2016, he has been leading the Open-Source SW market as Chairman of KOSSA, a group of companies related to Open-Source SW.
Branden C. Lee

Branden C. Lee Advisor

"He is an American who majored in Mathematics of Computing at UCLA and worked at New York Life and Allianz Life in Los Angeles in the United States. He was scouted by Samsung Life Insurance in 1999 as a high-end overseas worker and led this company's marketing, education, personnel management and HR strategy affairs for 20 years.He has been working for the ABL since 2017 as the head of the education division.
Yoon Jaeseung

Yoon Jaeseung Advisor

"He is a Patent Attorney who majored in electronic engineering and has a lot of experience in ICT and SW. He was a patent attorney for Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division and conducted several patent lawsuits for Samsung Electronics. He currently runs a patent law office, provides IP consulting to companies and institutions, and teaches patent systems at the Patent Attorney Association Training Institute and Dongguk University.