IP Software Compliance Tools -- Who Needs Them and Why? [LWN.net]

IP Software Compliance Tools -- Who Needs Them and Why?

Posted Nov 30, 2009 21:04 UTC (Mon) by imran238 (guest, #62237)
Parent article: IP Software Compliance Tools -- Who Needs Them and Why?

Are there any free or open source software IP compliance tools that perform the same function as Palamida's IP Amplifier or Black Duck's ProtextIP.
I'm looking for an application that will scan my code base and identify any open source code etc.

Thanks

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free software to make sure you're in compliance when selling non-free software

Posted Dec 2, 2009 0:34 UTC (Wed) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322) [Link]

Can you think of an instance where a developer might feel sufficiently itchy about licence compliance as to develop such a tool, and be inclined then to release it under a free licence?

Me neither.

If you have a perceived need for such a tool, a priori it would seem that you aren't ideologically committed to extending the free-software ecosystem.

So asking for the tool to be free seems a bit rich.

Talk to the vendors mentioned in the article, and see what sort of licence they're prepared to sell you.