Legal expert joins open-source screening firm

Black Duck Software, a provider of tools to help programmers ensure open-source and proprietary software don't intermingle, plans to announce on Monday that it has secured the services of a prominent lawyer in the field. Larry Rosen, general counsel and secretary of the Open Source Initiative, is now also an advisor to Waltham, Mass.-based Black Duck.

Rosen also is author of "Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law" and the founding partner of law firm Rosenlaw & Einschlag. "Black Duck's technology and services address a serious issue and solve a real problem for any company developing software," he said in a statement.

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