Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080209399
Methods and systems for tracking and auditing intellectual property in packages of open source software
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#303Black Duck Provides Open-Source Legal Tool
Applies to Claims 1,14,20,4,5
Submitted by: Diane WillisLast updated: over 4 years ago
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Summary / DescriptionArticle about Black Duck's protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management.
 
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Type of Prior ArtOnline Publication
 
URLhttp://web.archive.org/web/2004...
 
Author/CreatorJennifer LeClaire
 
TitleBlack Duck Provides Open-Source Legal Tool
 
Publication DateOctober 19, 2004
 
PublisherLinuxInsider
 
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Black Duck executives are betting that too many corporate attorneys are left trying to solve IP issues at the end of the development process,... Black Duck has released code designed to help attorneys wade through the multifaceted intellectual property (IP) issues around open-source software. As part of its protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management allows corporate legal teams to manage commercial and open-source software licenses and implement IP business policies across software development projects globally, according to the company. "ProtexIP/license management empowers the lawyer's oversight of the development process, from helping define and implement open-source policy to approval of software release," .... The new software seeks to eliminate that pressure by providing a way to resolve issues early and avoid delays and costly source code reviews or potential legal problems. Attorneys can use the compliance management system to govern how software assets are created, managed and licensed. The new software seeks to eliminate that pressure by providing a way to resolve issues early and avoid delays and costly source code reviews or potential legal problems. Attorneys can use the compliance management system to govern how software assets are created, managed and licensed. Attorneys interact with protexIP/license management using a specially designed Web console to translate their company's software licenses into a set of license attributes for the protexIP solution suite. Once they've entered, attorneys and developers can be immediately informed of potential conflicts with business policies, and of issues relating to license compliance. From the Black Duck KnowledgeBase of more than 200 existing open-source licenses attorneys can create a customized license template that can be used to identify conflicts between the company's business goals and the obligations applicable to licensed components in their software. "Integrating licensing review into the software development process, a cornerstone of Black Duck's technology, should be a great help to teams trying to deliver software products on budget and on schedule," Heffan said.
 
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A method for tracking intellectual property features of software, said method comprising: receiving a file of source code; identifying intellectual property features indicated in text of the source code; and recording, for each file of the source code, the identified intellectual property features in the text of the source code.
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Black Duck software protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management perform these steps.
Black Duck software protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management perform these steps.
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The method ofClaim 1, wherein identifying intellectual property features comprises parsing text in the source code and searching for key terms from a dictionary.
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Included in the software is the Black Duck KnowledgeBase.
Included in the software is the Black Duck KnowledgeBase.
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The method ofClaim 1, wherein identifying intellectual property features comprises identifying a type of license indicated in the source code.
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Included in the software is the Black Duck KnowledgeBase.
Included in the software is the Black Duck KnowledgeBase.
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A method for auditing intellectual property features in a distribution of software, said method comprising: receiving a request to build the distribution of software; determining files of source code that are to be included in the distribution of software; identifying intellectual property features indicated in the files of source code; and providing an output that indicates the intellectual property features found in the files of source code included in the package.
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Disclosed is using the Black Duck software during the software development (request to build the distribution of the software) process.
Disclosed is using the Black Duck software during the software development (request to build the distribution of the software) process.
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A computer readable medium comprising computer executable code for performing the method of Claim 14.
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Disclosed are the software products protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management.
Disclosed are the software products protexIP solution suite, protexIPTM/license management.
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