Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing: Guide to Navigating Licensing Issues in Existing & New Software"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2004. gada 16. aug. - 208 lappuses If you've held back from developing open source or free software projects because you don't understand the implications of the various licenses, you're not alone. Many developers believe in releasing their software freely, but have hesitated to do so because they're concerned about losing control over their software. Licensing issues are complicated, and both the facts and fallacies you hear word-of-mouth can add to the confusion.Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing helps you make sense of the different options available to you. This concise guide focuses on annotated licenses, offering an in-depth explanation of how they compare and interoperate, and how license choices affect project possibilities. Written in clear language that you don't have to be a lawyer to understand, the book answers such questions as: What rights am I giving up? How will my use of OS/FS licensing affect future users or future developers? Does a particular use of this software--such as combining it with proprietary software--leave me vulnerable to lawsuits?Following a quick look at copyright law, contracts, and the definition of "open source," the book tackles the spectrum of licensing, including:
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... already chosen the license , and the liabilities created by violating license terms . Intellectual property is a fast - paced and confusing area of law with no shortage of novel questions and uncertain answers , and the licensing of ...
... already noted, a copyright comes into force when the protected work is created. While registration of the work with the United States Copyright Office has some effect on the rights of the copyright holder, it is not required. Moreover ...
... already dis- cussed, the copyright of such works belongs to the employer, which, in the case of software, is usually also the publisher and the distributor of the software itself. In general, under the American copyright system an ...
... already known. This generally requires the Issues with Copyrights and Patents | 7 This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition participation of an experienced patent lawyer. But obtaining the patent Copyright © 2008 O'Reilly ...
... already seen the basic principles of open source licensing: open source licenses must permit non-exclusive commercial exploitation of the licensed work, must make available the work's source code, and must permit the creation of ...
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Qt Artistic and Creative Commons Licenses | 85 |
NonOpen Source Licenses | 114 |
Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing | 147 |
Software Development Using Open Source and Free Software Licenses | 164 |
Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs License | 179 |
Index | 185 |
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Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing Andrew M. St. Laurent Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2004 |