Hancom

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.

Hancom (한글과컴퓨터)
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
ThinkFree Office
Asianux
Hangul Development Library Kit
Hancom Read-on
Total assetsKRW 716.3 billion (as of June. 2023)
Websitewww.hancom.com

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]


Hancom Office
Former logo
Former logo (~2016)

Hancom's Office Suite remains the company's main product. The suite is available in English and Korean.

List of products

Current products
  • Hancom Office Suite
    • HanCell - spreadsheet program
    • HanShow - presentation program
    • HanWord (also called as Hangul-a.k.a. HWP)
    • Hancom Office Hanword
    • Hancom Office Hanword Viewer
    • Hancom Office 2020 International Version
    • Hancom Docs
    • Hancom Docs Converter
    • Hancom Sign

Discontinued products
  • Documen
  • HanArum - office products
  • HanGrim - vector drawing program
  • Hangul Print - printing program
  • HanMaek - Hangul I/O program
  • HanTeX - Hangul TeX program
  • NetHangul

References
  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". www.prweb.com.
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