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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... courts to extend the boundaries of their patents as much as possible and at the same time to narrow the scope of patents held by others. This can be, as you may imagine, an extremely expensive and time-consuming ordeal. Even if a patent ...
... court and law that govern. For example, a typical provision might specify that “Claims arising under this contract may only be brought before courts of competent jurisdic- tion within the State of New York. The law governing the ...
... court as long as the licensor's residence could be readily determined. Paragraph 12 contains a provision also fairly common in commercial contracts: 12) Attorneys Fees. In any action to enforce the terms of this License or seeking dam ...
... court in 1992, Berkeley Unix still has many million installations, running such well-known sites as Yahoo!, and it continues to be modified and improved. Moreover, and partly as a result, later commercial entrants such as Apple have ...
... court has yet ruled on the effect of this provision, it is likely enforceable. As noted in Chapter1, courts have found that “shrinkwrap” licenses—proprietary licenses that the licensee accepts by breaking the shrinkwrap on commercial ...
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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: Guide to Navigating ... Andrew M. St. Laurent Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2004 |
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing Andrew M. St. Laurent Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2004 |