tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462402333180521227.post3502267749536185337..comments2023-11-05T02:38:49.962-08:00Comments on Doug Levin's CEO Blog: Black Duck Software Acquires Koders, Inc.Doug Levinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170744611919315288noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462402333180521227.post-85802192680423824752008-05-30T10:02:00.000-07:002008-05-30T10:02:00.000-07:00On the contrary, Koders.com and Black Duck Code Ce...On the contrary, Koders.com and Black Duck Code Center are very complementary. Koders.com helps engineers find code fragments, files or components to help solve engineering problems– this is very empowering for developers. Black Duck Code Center provides an enterprise-wide framework for open source component management. It supports a structured approval process so that external code can be formally reviewed by managers and policy administrators before being checked into the code base. As components are accepted, the organization builds a catalog of approved components promoting reuse and standardization. Subsequently, component usage is tracked among projects, enabling lower cost maintenance. Black Duck Code Center allows open source management to take place within the context of a large, distributed development team consisting of tens, hundreds or even thousands of developers. <BR/><BR/>By the way, when we talk about policy administration, we are talking about providing visibility into security vulnerabilities, version proliferation, contractual obligations and overall architectural compatibility in addition to licensing. Not to imply that licensing is not a challenge. At Black Duck we have cataloged over 1,200 different open source licenses. In large, dynamic development organizations with complex sources of supply (outsourcers, partners, vendors, etc, …), the legal department can add value in helping development teams properly navigate the complexities and nuances of different software licenses.Richard Sherrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371076542254981989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462402333180521227.post-16226856638327092552008-05-02T08:37:00.000-07:002008-05-02T08:37:00.000-07:00From the perspective of a cash-strapped startup, I...From the perspective of a cash-strapped startup, I think that Koders is a great acquisition. It lets developers leverage appropriately licensed (for their company) FOSS code to build their applications. Since they know what's going in, when it comes time for a "due-diligence" activity on the IP ownership, the development team can be pretty confident that everything is OK, and that a Black Duck audit will probably show it to be clean. I would also use the open source Fossology tool to cover FOSS code introduced from sources other than Koders. <BR/><BR/>If I was an investor in Black Duck, I would be asking why the Koders business will not cannibalize your Code Center product. Here's why. If I was a large prosperous software distributor, why even cough up the $25k to buy Code Center? I would just install the Koders plugins into the developer IDEs and tell the developers to use it, as long as they don't use unacceptable licenses (which I would tell them about). I would, of course, expect that any copyright and license information from Koders would be of the same quality as from a Black Duck audit...otherwise, why use Koders when Google Code Search, Krugle, or whatever can get you the same access to FOSS search capability?Jay Godsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791278729450406908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462402333180521227.post-68771114644772301352008-04-30T10:08:00.000-07:002008-04-30T10:08:00.000-07:00Here is Wade Rouch's throughout X-Economy coverage...Here is Wade Rouch's throughout X-Economy coverage:<BR/><BR/>http://www.xconomy.com/2008/04/28/black-duck-swallows-up-koders-code-search-engine/Doug Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170744611919315288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462402333180521227.post-71008739736576626292008-04-30T10:05:00.000-07:002008-04-30T10:05:00.000-07:00Here is Roberto Galoppini's really astute comments...Here is Roberto Galoppini's really astute comments:<BR/><BR/>http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/04/30/open-source-governance-blackduck-acquires-koders/Doug Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170744611919315288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462402333180521227.post-5200511834107132662008-04-28T05:22:00.000-07:002008-04-28T05:22:00.000-07:00Its amazing ! Over 30,000 developers each day are ...Its amazing ! Over 30,000 developers each day are searching and accessing open source code,methods, examples,<BR/>algorithms and solutions over 766 millions lines of code written in 30 languages and are identified with 28 software licenses........<BR/><A HREF="http://www.fininfocom.com" REL="nofollow">Software Development</A>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362591282521758276noreply@blogger.com