Black Duck spruces up UI in software compliance system
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| A code navigator in the interface provides for review of all code within
| a project. Code can be highlighted that appears to have originated from
| an open source project or other external source. Or, the code can have
| an origin that requires legal or business approval for use.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060925/tc_infoworld/82158
More on/from that company:
Black Duck CEO: F1000 Open Source Use On Fire
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| To date, more than 250 F1000 firms use software compliance and
| management solutions from Black Duck, up 600+% from last year. Levin
| shares why Open Source demand will stay hot, and shares how governance
| and visibility offerings, such as those from Black Duck, are helping
| executives stay bullish on Open Source.
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| "Today, it's hard to overstate how substantial a factor Open Source
| has become in many F1000 firms," Levin said. "The growth is substantial.
| A few years ago, there is no question that Open Source vendors were the
| early adopters, but now the widespread use of Open Source is causing
| all sorts of businesses to assemble a Bill of Materials for their
| software."
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http://www.oetrends.com/news.php?action=view_record&idnum=539
Open Channel to distribute open source compliance
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| Open Channel Solutions (OCS) has signed an exclusive distribution
| agreement to move an open source compliance management software
| suite developed by Black Duck Software.
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| The deal also provides OCS with a new product suite for its open
| source software portfolio also includes product from the Novell
| software suite.
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http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=59232&src=site-marq
Of relevance:
Deciphering GPL 2
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| So it is that I was glad to see Bruce Byfield take a crack at clearing up
| 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL in an article on IT Managers
| Journal.
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| Byfield, who's no more a lawyer than I am, went to Richard Fontana, a
| lawyer with the Software Freedom Law Center; David Turner, former
| compliance engineer with the Free Software Foundation; and Harald Welte,
| of the GPL-Violations project, which tracks possible cases of GPL
| non-compliance, to come up with some real answers to some of the GPL's
| more confusing points.
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| For example, no, the GPL is not "viral." I don't care what Microsoft or
| SCO tells you. It's not. Simply using GPL software as part of a larger
| program package doesn't force developers into putting their independent
| work under the GPL.
|
| Byfield's sources also mention, however, that some points, like the
| one above, aren't completely clear.
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| Other myths, like the notion that you can't charge for GPLed software,
| however, are complete and utter nonsense.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4260578710.html
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