Abstract: Search may be provided using a database storing a plurality of documents comprising a first set of documents and a second set of documents, a set of vetting values and a computer readable medium. In such a system, for each document in the second set of documents, the first set of documents comprises a document for which that document from the second set of documents is identified as a subsequent related document. Additionally, the set of vetting values may comprise, for each document from the second set of documents, a vetting value for the document from the first set of documents for which that document from the second set of documents is identified as the subsequent related document. Additionally, the medium may store instructions to respond to a query by determining, based on the set of vetting values, a search result set comprising documents from the first set of documents.

Abstract: A database driven tool can be used to enable front line engineering personnel to make requests regarding the use of open source software, to document those requests, and to provide responses to those requests to their originators. Information in addition to open source requests can also be maintained, including incoming licenses for a company's products, outgoing licenses for a company's products, and whether a particular product has been scanned to verify that all incoming licenses for that product have been identified.