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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... reasonable in some cases to read only the parts that apply to the licenses that interest you. This book has seven chapters: Chapter 1, Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law This chapter takes a look at the traditional ...
... reasonable reproduction cost - preferably , downloading via the Internet without charge . The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program . Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed ...
... reasonably foreseeable at the time of the sale, the seller of the item could be liable for damages that flowed from the defect. These damages are often far greater than the sale price of the item and are known as conse- quential damages ...
... reasonable and natural that the creator , having surrendered the exclusive right to commercially exploit a work , should receive credit not only in the acknowledgment of rights but in the advertising as well . It does not challenge the ...
... reasonable and cus- tomary use in describing the origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file. As was the case with the Apache License, v1.1, licensees are not granted any trade- mark rights and are prohibited from ...
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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 Andrew M. St. Laurent Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2004 |