Hancom

Hancom (한글과컴퓨터)
Company typePublic (KRX: 030520)
IndustryComputer software
FoundedOct. 9th, 1990 (Listed on KOSDAQ: Sep. 24, 1996)
Headquarters10FL. Hancom Tower, 49, Daewangpangyo-ro 644 Beon-gil Sampyeong-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Key people
Byun, Sung-Jun, Kim, Yeon-Soo, CEO
ProductsHangul
Asianux
Hangul Development Library Kit
Hancom Read-on
Total assetsKRW 716.3 billion (as of June. 2023)
Websitewww.hancom.com

Hancom (KOSDAQ: 030520) is an office suite software developer in South Korea.[1] Established in 1990, the company created Hangul, a native word processing program for the Korean language. The name comes from Korea's native writing system, hangul.

In May 2017 Hancom lost a lawsuit in US Federal Court for violating the GNU GPL license as a consequence of using the source code of PostScript and PDF interpreter Ghostscript.[2] Ghostscript is dual licensed under both the Affero GPL License, or a commercial license. Under the Affero GPL terms, Hancom would be required to open source their code. Alternatively, they could have purchased a license.[3]

On May 27, 2020, Hancom Group announced the unveiling of the latest version of Hancom Office.[4]

  1. ^ Kate Jee-hyung Kim (January 30, 2012). "Hancom Takes Vision of Information Independence to the Globe". koreaittimes.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "US District Court Rules GNU GPL is an Enforceable Contract". May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "Licensing Artifex Products".
  4. ^ "South Korea Hancom Group Unveils Hancom Office 2020". PRWeb.