Black Duck Names Noted Op en Source Attorney Lawrence Rosen as Senior Advisor.WALTHAM, Mass. -- Black Duck Software, the leading provider of software compliance management solutions for governing software assets, today announced that Lawrence Rosen Lawrence Rosen (also Larry Rosen) is an attorney and computer specialist. He is a founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a Californian technology law firm, specializing in intellectual property protection, licensing and business transactions for technology companies. has joined the company as a senior advisor In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor. . Rosen, a noted attorney and computer specialist, is the author of Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law, which was published earlier this year. He is also the general counsel and secretary of the Open Source Initiative (OSI (1) (Open System Interconnection) An ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the application layer in one station, proceeding to the ), a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. In addition to this new advisory role and his work with OSI, Rosen is the founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm in California. He often publishes and speaks around the world on open source licensing and patent issues and has written a number of breakthrough OSI-reviewed and approved open source licenses. "Black Duck's technology and services address a serious issue and solve a real problem for any company developing software," said Larry Rosen Larry Rosen can refer to:
"Larry is a top legal expert on licensing and Open Source and highly regarded among the Open Source community," said Douglas A. Levin, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Black Duck. "Open Source is now in the mainstream; we are excited to have Larry's counsel as we work to accelerate the use of Linux and Open Source software." About Black Duck Software Founded in 2002, Waltham, Massachusetts-based Black Duck is the leading provider of software compliance management solutions for governing software assets. Black Duck's customer base includes enterprises, vendors, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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