Intel, Red Hat And SAP Buy A Piece Of Black Duck
News Intel, Red Hat and SAP have joined several venture capital firms to give Black Duck Software $12 million (£6.6 million) in a second round of funding, the start-up said on Monday. Black Duck sells software that lets customers make sure open source...
[June 7, 2005, 13:00]
Open-source Code Finder Aims To Prevent Lawsuits
News US-based Black Duck Software on Monday released code designed to allow lawyers to resolve the intellectual property issues around open-source software. Black Duck claims that software vendors often resolve IP issues only at the end of the...
[October 18, 2004, 18:10]
GPL 'minimises Risks Of Open Source'
News Other companies, including Open Source Risk Management, Palamida and Black Duck Software, have emerged to assure corporate customers they comply with open source licence provisions. On Tuesday, Black Duck introduced an upgrade to its licence...
[November 3, 2005, 8:55]
GPL: An Update Is On The Horizon
News And Black Duck now has competition: At the Linux show on Tuesday, a rival called Palamida will announce itself and its product. One start-up, Black Duck Software, plans to announce at LinuxWorld that it's signed up one of the largest software...
[February 14, 2005, 14:45]
Roundup: The Summer Of Hacking
News Government IT system is a sitting duck Big Brother in the black box BLACK HAT SECURITY CONFERENCESilence the best security policy Thu, 27 Jul Well-meaning hackers are creating an army of "script kiddies" by making security holes public, says a...
[July 13, 2000, 14:26]
Corel Puts Eye-popping Low Prices On Suites
News Corel is aiming to give Microsoft a black eye by releasing a new version of its WordPerfect suite for a street price that will likely duck £130 including VAT. At the same time, it said that it intends to keep WordPerfect Suite 7 on the market at a...
[June 10, 1997, 14:34]
Legal Umbrella Offered To Linux Users
News Black Duck Software offers tools to let software companies identify proprietary and open-source software in their products so they can make sure they aren't violating any licence terms. A start-up hopes to profit from the legal threat posed by the...
[March 17, 2004, 8:05]
HP Considers Selling Tools For Open Source
News For example, Black Duck Software and Palamida both sell software to scrub software to make sure proprietary and open source software doesn't inappropriately intermingle. HP is considering selling services designed to ease customer participation in...
[January 18, 2006, 9:05]
Open Source Defence Centre Launched
News One start-up, Black Duck Software, sells software to keep open source and proprietary software from intermingling, while another, Open Source Risk Management (OSRM), sells insurance to cover legal costs for companies worried about being sued over...
[February 1, 2005, 8:45]
