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# Knowing where and how your company is using open source software can avoid costly litigation. **Download the Data Sheet** http://blackducksoftware.com/protex-data-sheet
Open source software is free to use, but it comes with license obligations. Poor open source compliance can expose you to costly, time-consuming risks, including litigation and loss of IP.

Protex alternatives

  • ScanCode

  • ScanCode is a tool to scan code and detect licenses, copyrights and more. This open source code scanning tool helps you find and discover open source and third-party components in your code.

    tags: software-licensing software-copyright
  • FOSSology

  • FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit. As a toolkit you can run license, copyright and export control scans from the command line. As a system, a database and web ui are provided to give you a compliance workflow. In one click you can generate an SPDX file, or a ReadMe with all the copyrights notices from your software. FOSSology deduplication means that you can scan an entire distro, rescan a new version, and only the changed files will get rescanned. This is a big time saver for large projects. ยป

    tags: software-licensing software-copyright
  • Licensee

  • Licensee is a Ruby gem that automates the process of reading LICENSE files and compares their contents to known licenses using several strategies.

    tags: software-licensing software-copyright
  • Ninka

  • Ninka is a lightweight license identification tool for source code. It is sentence-based, and provides a simple way to identify open source licenses in a source code file. It is capable of identifying several dozen different licenses (and their variations).

    tags: software-licensing
  • Protecode Compact

  • Simplified license management of open source software for small organizations or departments.

    tags: software-licensing
  • Palamida Standard Edition

  • Palamida Standard Edition contains the scanning and analysis features, without the request and authorization workflow. It is designed for organizations who need to focus first on analysis of code content, perhaps as a result of an immediate requirement for disclosures (Third Party Notices). Standard Edition can run on a single laptop for small organizations or on a high capacity server or multi-scan server environment.

    tags: software-licensing software-copyright
  • FOSSA

  • FOSSA offers automated license scanning, dependency analysis and reports at each commit. Get a process up an running in 60 seconds, without slowing down development.

    tags: license-manager software-licensing license-compliance dependency-management
  • OSS Deep Discovery

  • OpenLogic provides a powerful scanning tool, OSS Deep Discovery, that helps you identify the open source software you're using, helping to ensure complete visibility into all open source code and licenses.

    tags: software-licensing