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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... individuals aren't always sure what is at stake in their decisions to partici- pate, and deciding which license to use for a particular project can be a project of its own. This book is designed to simplify those decisions, explaining ...
... individuals. Because commercial software is made, as a general matter, by large teams of people and requires the sub- stantial expenditure of capital, the resulting work is “work for hire.” As already dis- cussed, the copyright of such ...
... individual parts of an aggregation of software would be distributed under a different license than the aggre- gate package, which would be licensed under open source. This loophole allows a fairly obvious end-run around open source ...
... individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation . For more information on the Apache Software Foundation , please see < http://www.apache.org/ > . Portions of this software are based upon public domain software originally ...
... individual or Legal Entity exercising permissions granted by this License . " You " is equivalent to the licensee , i.e. , the party that is bound by the license . " Source " form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications ...
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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 |