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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... SOURCE 8; FREE SOFTWARE LICENSING Open source ancl free softwa1'e models sound great. Thanks to the licenses supporting them, they make it easier for developers to assemble learns for creating and growing code. and allow them to reuse ...
... Free as in Freedom Linux & Fedora Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution Linux Security Cookbook Building Secure Servers with Linux Linux Unwired Building Embedded Linux Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop Systems Linux ...
... Source and Free Software Licensing by Andrew M. St. Laurent Copyright © 2004 Andrew M. St. Laurent. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North ...
... Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law Basic Principles of Copyright Law Contract and Copyright Open Source ... Free Licenses . The MIT (or X) License The BSD License The Apache License, v1.1 and v2.0 The Academic Free License ...
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Qt Artistic and Creative Commons Licenses | |
NonOpen Source Licenses | |
Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing | |
Software Development Using Open Source and Free Software Licenses | |
Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs License | |
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Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing Andrew M. St. Laurent Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2004 |