Summary: The goals of Black Duck are doubted by former Debian Leader and key OSI man

Bruce Perens, a key person in the FOSS movement, previously named OpenLogic negatively for their founder and manager from Microsoft.

Well, Black Duck is a similar story. It has strong Microsoft connections. It does not like the GPL, either. So who benefits from this if not Microsoft and perhaps some other proprietary software (and pro-patents) companies like Black Duck itself?

“I think it's 100% B.S. And it appears to me that it's driven by Black Duck and it really is time that someone called them upon it. ”
      --Bruce PerensPerens was asked the following question some days ago: "What is your reaction to the frequent stories in various media about people migrating away from the GPL "

Perens replied: "I think it's 100% B.S. And it appears to me that it's driven by Black Duck and it really is time that someone called them upon it. I think the stories get them publicity, and maybe they are appealing to a prospective customer base who are indeed nervous about the GPL. But the trend they portray isn't a real one." ⬆