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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... Enforcing Nature of Open Source and Free Software Licenses The Global Scope of Open Source and Free Software Licensing The “Negative Effects” of Open Source and Free Software Licensing Community Enforcement of Open Source and Free ...
... enforcement, and, in particular, international legal enforcement, being what it was in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, copyrights were frequently disregarded. Of course, given the systematic violation of copyrights in many parts ...
... enforced by the work's creator and very little, if any, of the benefit of the copy- right goes to that person. Rather, because of the negotiation of contracts by publish- ers with the creator or through the doctrine of work for hire ...
... enforced as binding contracts. Specht v. Netscape Comm. Corp., 00 Civ. 4871 (AKS), 2001 WL 755396 (S.D.N.Y. July 5, 2001). The enforceability of shrinkwrap licenses is discussed in Chapter 6. Open Source Software Licensing | 5 This is ...
... enforce the generational limitations, if any, on second and subsequent generations of users. 8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a particular ...
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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 |