Protecode
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Protecode is a private company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Protecode is a provider of open source
license management solutions that can be used throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure license compliance. Protecode System 4 is a suite of tools for managing open source software licensing. Protecode utilizes a proprietary database of indexed public open source projects (Global IP Signatures Database) as a reference to compare against a software codebase in order to identify open source components and determine license obligations. The Protecode product suite produces a software inventory report, cross-referenced to licensing and copyright attributes, to indicate corresponding licensing obligations. Protecode also offers an audit service which can be used to produce an audit report, containing a software bill of materials and a license obligations report. Software audits are commonly requested prior to business transactions, like mergers and acquisitions
or financing.
license management products which can detect and manage license obligations throughout the software development life cycle. System 4 includes: Enterprise Analyzer, Code Administrator, Developer Assistant, Library Auditor and Build Analyzer.
Rational Software
for IBM Rational Team Concert
and IBM Rational ClearCase.
Protecode Library Auditor integrates with Perforce
.
Protecode is a member of the Linux Foundation
and a contributor to their Open Compliance Program. Protecode is also a supporter of the Linux Foundation sponsored SPDX specification.
Protecode is a member of the Eclipse Foundation
.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
license management solutions that can be used throughout the software development lifecycle to ensure license compliance. Protecode System 4 is a suite of tools for managing open source software licensing. Protecode utilizes a proprietary database of indexed public open source projects (Global IP Signatures Database) as a reference to compare against a software codebase in order to identify open source components and determine license obligations. The Protecode product suite produces a software inventory report, cross-referenced to licensing and copyright attributes, to indicate corresponding licensing obligations. Protecode also offers an audit service which can be used to produce an audit report, containing a software bill of materials and a license obligations report. Software audits are commonly requested prior to business transactions, like mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...
or financing.
Products
Protecode System 4 is a suite of open sourceOpen source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
license management products which can detect and manage license obligations throughout the software development life cycle. System 4 includes: Enterprise Analyzer, Code Administrator, Developer Assistant, Library Auditor and Build Analyzer.
Partnerships
Protecode is a member of IBM Partnerworld and System 4 has received "Ready for Rational" software validation from IBMIBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Rational Software
Rational Software
Rational Machines was founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development...
for IBM Rational Team Concert
IBM Rational Team Concert
IBM Rational Team Concert is a software development team collaboration tool developed by the Rational brand of IBM and was first released in 2008. The software is available in both client versions and a Web version...
and IBM Rational ClearCase.
Protecode Library Auditor integrates with Perforce
Perforce
Perforce is a commercial, proprietary, centralized revision control system developed by Perforce Software, Inc.-Architecture:Perforce is a client/server system.The server manages a central database and a master repository of file versions....
.
Protecode is a member of the Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a non-profit technology consortium chartered to foster the growth of Linux.Founded in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group , the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading...
and a contributor to their Open Compliance Program. Protecode is also a supporter of the Linux Foundation sponsored SPDX specification.
Protecode is a member of the Eclipse Foundation
Eclipse Foundation
The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the open-source Eclipse Projects and helps cultivate both an open source community and an ecosystem of complementary products and services...
.
Awards
- In May 2010, Protecode was included in the “Cool Vendors in Intellectual Property, 2010” report by Gartner, Inc.
- In 2009 The Branham Group included Protecode on its list of the Top 25 Canadian IT Up and Comers
See also
- List of Hi-tech companies
- List of companies of Canada
- List of technology companies in Ottawa
- Black Duck SoftwareBlack Duck SoftwareBlack Duck Software is a Massachusetts US private company. Black Duck Software pioneered the automation of mixed-origin software component reuse management...
- Competitor with similar open-source software identification and analysis tools