Black Duck Software has revised its flagship open source license management product. ProtexIP/development 3.0 offers deeper code analysis, an expanded database of software projects and licenses, and a new single-user licensing option, the company says.

ProtexIP/development comprises a database of open source project “codeprints,” along with pattern-matching software that can scan source code or binaries for snippets that might be subject to open source license requirements. It additionally includes management tools aimed at prioritizing and tracking license conflict investigations.

Black Duck began offering ProtexIP/development in May of 2004, and recently added support for Eclipse and SourceForge tools. The company also recently began offering online code scans free with registration through the end of 2005.

According to Black Duck, the 3.0 version of ProtexIP/development adds:

• Users can build custom lists of keywords to scan for, such as license names, copyrights, authors, and so on
• Support for additional binary file formats, including Linux, UNIX, and Windows binary files, libraries, image files, Java archives and class files, and distribution, compression, and executable formats
• Larger database, with 200 million code prints and hundreds of licenses, updated regularly from 1,800 code repositories
• Report exports in XML, Excel, or HL formats

Additionally, Black Duck will offer a single-user “Professional” version of ProtexIP/development, targeting small businesses, or those just getting started with open source software license management.

Availability

ProtexIP/development is available now under a subscription model that includes database updates. The multi-user Enterprise Edition starts at $25K, while the single-user Professional Edition starts at $9,500.

Additional details are available in an eWEEK story, here.

 
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