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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... person other than the creator for the life of the copyright. Among other things, no person other than the creator has the right under copyright law to create “derivative works”—works that depend upon or develop from the original ...
... person who commissioned the work, not the creator. The doctrine of “fair use” defines certain uses of copyrighted material as non-infring- ing. “Fair use” allows persons other than the creator to make certain limited uses of the ...
... person. Rather, because of the negotiation of contracts by publish- ers with the creator or through the doctrine of work for hire, the benefits of copyright flow to the corporations that distribute the work, not the people who create it ...
... person or entity that con- trols the right to distribute it—market forces will tend to reduce prices so as to maxi- mize returns to that person or entity. Because the marginal costs of mechanical reproduction are relatively low, selling ...
... person granting the license, the licensor, has the right to license the work to which the license applies. This representation may be implicit or explicit, and may be limited to specific types of rights. A licensor may, for example ...
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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 |