[wos] policing free licenses and code with AI

[Volker Grassmuck]

Just came across this company. This is a bit older already, their 
online service was launched a year ago, and the protexIP suite is 
even older. 
http://www.blackducksoftware.com/

Does anybody have any experiences with this service? 

This seems to be part of a general trend towards identification. 
Spidering everything into the databases of search engines was the 
thing of the 1990s. Now all this gets fingerprinted and tracked: 
music, software. Next thing you know and teachers can do a fuzzy-
logic search for the originals that their students have plagiarized.

Just curious whether there are any freedom-enhancing aspects about 
this or if it's just good for IP management and surveilance.

Volker


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