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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... extent to which that use impedes the copyright holder's exclusive rights 2 | Chapter 1: Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition to commercially exploit the work. In addition, one ...
... extent to which it may be governed by copyright law. The creator (hopefully) knows that he or she has not plagiarized the work from another and therefore has the right to license it. Patents, however, present more complicated issues. It ...
... extent it may still be found in BSD files licensed by the University of California , it no longer has any legal effect . The remainder of the license largely mirrors the effect of the provisions of the MIT License already described , by ...
... extent that such patent rights are necessary to use the original Work (and Contributions thereto). This grant does not extend to patent rights that may inhere in the Work separate and apart from the Work itself. Like the Academic Free ...
... extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and limitation may not apply to You. The next paragraph, Paragraph 9 ...
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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 |