By Robert Weisman

Software provider CA Inc. this morning said it has reached a settlement with Rocket Software of Newton, a competitor in the database administration software business, in connection with a 2007 lawsuit lodged by CA charging Rocket with copyright infringement.

CA sued Rocket for $200 million, alleging that a team of CA engineers hired by Rocket stole computer source code and trade secrets from their former employer and used them as the basis for technology marketed as part of IBM Corp.'s data management software suite. CA today didn't disclose the settlement amount.

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