Black Duck™ Protex is a platform that helps companies administer how their software assets are created, managed and licensed. The platform was the first to be brought to the market, and today remains the clear market leader with implementations among a far larger and more diverse customer base than any other product on the market. Mixed code development which is the combination of third party assets, open source software and/or proprietary programming components, is an integral part of today’s software development environment. However, coordinating the use and having the knowledge to navigate through a maze of intellectual property (IP) rights can be extremely challenging. The Protex platform simplifies every aspect of this otherwise daunting and time consuming process by automating component approval within your software. Protex identifies potential license conflicts, highlights discrepancies between business policies and IP usage, and provides a framework for tracking issue resolution. Mixed code development which is the combination of third party assets, open source software and/or proprietary programming components, is an integral part of today’s software development environment. However, coordinating the use and having the knowledge to navigate through a maze of intellectual property (IP) rights can be extremely challenging. The protexIP/development platform simplifies every aspect of this otherwise daunting and time consuming process by automating component approval within your software. protexIP/development identifies potential license conflicts, highlights discrepancies between business policies and IP usage, and provides a framework for tracking issue resolution. Black Duck has integrated the protexIP suite with the popular, open Eclipse platform via its open plug-in architecture. The protexIP Eclipse plug-in lets developers associate an Eclipse development project with a protexIP analysis project and perform automated code analysis and management tasks. Get more information. External Link: