Black Duck Software Launches; Company Offers Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors an Automated Solution for Software Intellectual Property Risk Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 2004 NEW YORK and CHESTNUT HILL Chestnut Hill may refer to: In geography:
Black Duck Software, Inc. officially launched today at the LinuxWorld conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The company unveiled its Black Duck Enterprise Edition for automated Software Intellectual Property (IP) Risk Management. Black Duck Software develops and distributes software solutions that manage and mitigate software development IP risks. Black Duck produces software to assist corporations that develop software and their legal counsel in quickly identifying and validating proprietary software, Open Source Software and combinations of the two, for internal or commercial use. This enables companies to conceptualize con·cep·tu·al·ize v. con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es v.tr. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: new projects, develop violation-free software and pass software audits. Black Duck helps developers realize the benefits of reusing code repositories, and mitigates the related risks of copyright infringement and license violation. Currently there are more than 60 Open Source licenses in use, with more released each month, which adds to the complexity of license management. Black Duck's software is continuously updated to reflect new Open Source as well as commonly used proprietary licenses. Geared toward multifunctional teams in development organizations, Black Duck's Enterprise Edition integrates into the software development cycle at the conceptualization con·cep·tu·al·ize v. con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es v.tr. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: stage and offers support throughout the source code development process including code review, publishing or distribution and software audits. Black Duck Enterprise integrates with the Concurrent Versions System (programming) Concurrent Versions System - (CVS) A cross-platform code management system originally based on RCS. CVS tracks all revisions to a file in an associated file with the same name as the original file but with the string ",v" (for version) appended to the filename. , better known as CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. , the dominant open-source version control system, and the Eclipse Platform for source code management. Black Duck's timely solution enables developers, development managers and non-technical business professionals to identify and verify Open Source within their proprietary code, and recognize and adhere to specific licensing restrictions. These capabilities help address a critical shortcoming short·com·ing n. A deficiency; a flaw. shortcoming Noun a fault or weakness Noun 1. in development organizations, especially among outsourced or other contracted software developers in the U.S. and abroad. The software also allows companies to quickly make informed business and technical decisions about which software to use and the economic and licensing consequences of those decisions. Black Duck Enterprise Edition also facilitates communication between technical teams and attorneys, product managers and business affairs staff and offers project management features for all teams to help track the progress of projects. "Many companies are concerned about integrating Open Source and proprietary systems because of complexities around intellectual property. Innovative solutions such as Black Duck Enterprise Edition can make it easier to manage software IP risk," said Stormy Peters, Open Source Program Office, Hewlett-Packard". "Black Duck Enterprise Edition helps companies realize the vision of Open Source Software, get their software developed faster and reduce the fear of putting their intellectual property at risk," said Douglas A. Levin, President and 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 Software. "Black Duck's Enterprise Edition helps developers -- and the legal and business teams who work with them - speak a common language and ensure they are protecting their own and others' intellectual property." About Black Duck Software Black Duck Software, founded in December, 2002 and based in Chestnut Hill, MA, develops software solutions that manage and mitigate the intellectual property risks of reusing software code. Black Duck's products detect proprietary and Open Source code, provide OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. license validation and management and ease the software auditing process. For more information about Black Duck's automated approach to Software IP Risk Management, visit www.blackducksoftware.com. |
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