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White Paper
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A Breakthrough in Software Supply Chain Communications
This whitepaper explains how using a standard format, everyone in the supply chain from engineering to business managers, can now speak the same language as regards the contents of your software. Negotiations will be easier and issues can be resolved between technical and non technical decision makers, paving the way for faster time to market.
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Best Practices for Managing Software Intellectual Property in an Open Source World
This white paper describes a set of Best Practices that companies can use to avoid the risks and gain the benefits of this promising new approach to software development. By integrating these practices in its development processes, organizations will have far greater assurances of compliance with all relevant license obligations and far more effective protection of software intellectual property.
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Driving Business Agility via a Software Supply Chain
Written by Market Intelligence firm IDC and sponsored by Black Duck, the purpose of this white paper is to lay out software development "supply chain" strategies, to nurture community culture, and to discuss techniques to improve code usage as software creation evolves toward greater complexity. Download this white paper to learn more.
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GPLv3 Summary
On Friday June 29th, the Free Software Foundation announced the release of GPL (General Public License), version 3. This much anticipated version is the sequel to the commonly used GPL v2. This paper offers a brief summary of the most significant terms of the GPLv3 license.
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How to Increase Velocity and Value with Agile Development Using Open Source
Many development teams have found that they can accelerate their development process by including components of open source and third-party code as part of their overall solution. The use of open source and third-party code creates licensing and security issues of its own. The smart re-use of open source components allows development teams to benefit from agile methodologies while enabling compliance with corporate policies and licensing requirements.
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Case Study
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Creating a Culture for Code Reuse
If you oversee development teams, you know that leveraging open source and third party code can shorten software project schedules. Managed well, reuse of external software can be good for business because it accelerates time to market, improves software quality, and reduces costs.
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EPAM Maintains Open Source Compliance with Black Duck
Black Duck Software provides EPAM Systems, a leading software outsourcing provider, competitive advantage by enabling it to audit and document the originality of its work products. EPAM uses Black Duck Protex to ensure that the software it creates meets contractual obligations for open source and third party software use.
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Find Out How Intel Reduces Software Rework
Find out how Intel Corporation, a leader in semiconductor manufacturing and software development, reduces software rework and mitigates business risk by using Black Duck Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adheres to Intel's software licensing policies.
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Webcast
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An Open Source Panel Discussion
Download this webcast to learn more about current and future trends in software licensing.
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Developing an Open Source Strategy to Accelerate Software Development
Today there are billions of lines of open source freely available for download off the Internet, and developers are especially good at finding code to reuse. However, unmanaged open source can introduce security vulnerabilities, licensing issues and other business risks.
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Driving Business Agility via a Software Supply Chain Webcast
Join speaker Melinda-Carol Ballou, Program Director for IDC's Application Life-Cycle Management practice, in this Black Duck sponsored webcast, which highlights software development "supply chain" strategies, to nurture community culture, and discusses techniques to improve code usage as software creation evolves toward greater complexity. The software supply chain enables developers to leverage software from multiple sources and to coordinate them effectively.
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