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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... entities that are capable of distributing and thereby exploiting that work. 4 | Chapter 1: Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition Because these entities, by their very nature ...
... entities, by their very nature, do not see work as work in the first instance, but rather as the source of an income ... entity. Because the marginal costs of mechanical reproduction are relatively low, selling more copies of a work (at ...
... Entity ” shall mean the union of the acting entity and all other entities that con- trol , are controlled by , or are under common control with that entity . For the pur- poses of this definition , “ control ” means ( i ) the power ...
... Entity authorized to submit on behalf of the copyright owner. For the purposes of this definition, “submitted” means any form of electronic, verbal, or written communication sent to the Licensor or its representa- tives, including but ...
... Entity on behalf of whom a Contribution has been received by Licensor and subsequently incorporated within the Work. This is a common sense reflection of Contribution: a Licensee who makes a Contri- bution is a Contributor. The original ...
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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 |