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

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.

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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