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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... holder, it is not required. Moreover, while works published previous to March 1, 1989 need to bear explicit notice of copyright protection or risk losing that protection, works published after that date do not. Nonetheless, use of a ...
... holder of the copyright of the work—from which such a “transforma- tive derivative work” is derived—has no rights over it. Finally, the protections of copyright are subject to one more important limitation: time. Copyrighted works are ...
... holders both make available a user - modifiable source code for programs that they distribute and by requiring that they permit the development and distribution of derivative works , open source licensing makes possible three ...
... holder. Because of the con- tinuing use of that narrowed or eliminated patent, the licensee of the original patent may be liable to a competing patent holder for a claim of infringement. It is possible that such a licensee would want to ...
... holders > Permission is hereby granted , free of charge , to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files ( the “ Software ” ) , to deal in the Software without restriction , including without ...
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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 |