Case Study: Magneti Marelli achieves full open source license compliance with Synopsys Black Duck

Magneti Marelli Ensures Full Open Source Compliance with Black Duck

Magneti Marelli, a global automotive systems and components supplier, was contracted to build a GENIVI-based in-vehicle infotainment system for a major European automaker that required strict open source license compliance. After more than two years of development the codebase grew to 7–8 million lines from internal teams and external suppliers, many components lacked bills of materials or clear provenance, and manual review was impractical — the manufacturer would not accept delivery without documented proof of compliance.

Magneti Marelli implemented Black Duck (with BearingPoint consultancy) and created a centralized compliance function with legal support to scan the entire codebase, identify license issues, and produce bills of materials and reports. The tooling pinpointed problematic snippets, enabled targeted rewrites and legal reviews, delivered the required compliance documentation to the customer, reduced rework, improved developer practices, and was subsequently rolled out to other projects to support ongoing open source policy and governance.

Magneti Marelli

Rubens Sarracino

FOSS Compliance