Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2008. gada 15. jūl. - 386 lappuses "Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!"-- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job -- but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling. This book is for anyone who wants to understand how the legal system deals with intellectual property rights for code and other content. You'll get a clear look at intellectual property issues from a developer's point of view, including practical advice about situations you're likely to encounter. Written by an intellectual property attorney who is also a programmer, Intellectual Property and Open Source helps you understand patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licenses, with special focus on the issues surrounding open source development and the GPL. This book answers questions such as:
Most legal sources are too scattered, too arcane, and too hard to read. Intellectual Property and Open Source is a friendly, easy-to-follow overview of the law that programmers, system administrators, graphic designers, and many others will find essential. |
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... issues raised by the GPL. This chapter provides answers to some of the most common questions about the GPL, particularly with regard to linking. • Chapter 13 is an applied guide to reverse engineering. This chapter takes a look at some ...
... issues in technology over the past decade, most of which will be remembered by readers of this book: • One of the most explosively popular applications in modern times, Napster, was shut down by a copyright infringement lawsuit in 2000 ...
... issue date, or any other date associated with the patent. Because numbers are issued in order of approval, however, you can get a rough idea of the age of a patent by looking at its number. At the time of writing, the most recently ...
... issues that complicate real-world inventorship discussions: political and business pressures, and determining contributions. The first issue is political. Sometimes it is good office politics to include your boss in the list of ...
... issue also raises its head when someone outside the company, like an independent contractor, is responsible for part of an invention. Business policies may indicate that outsiders do not qualify as inventors. If you are tempted to cave ...
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Chapter 4 Copyright | 71 |
Chapter 5 Trademarks | 103 |
Chapter 6 Trade Secrets | 119 |
Chapter 7 Contracts and Licenses | 133 |
Chapter 8 The Economic and Legal Foundations of Open Source Software | 153 |
Appendix B Open Source License List | 281 |
Appendix C Free Software License List | 285 |
Appendix D Fedora License List and GPL Compatibility | 289 |
Appendix E Public Domain Declaration | 299 |
Appendix F The Simplified BSD License | 301 |
Appendix G The Apache License Version 20 | 303 |
Appendix H The Mozilla Public License Version 11 | 309 |
Appendix I The GNU Lesser General Public License Version 21 | 319 |
Chapter 9 So I Have an Idea | 179 |
Chapter 10 Choosing a License | 197 |
Chapter 11 Accepting Patches and Contributions | 215 |
Chapter 12 Working with the GPL | 223 |
Chapter 13 Reverse Engineering | 239 |
Chapter 14 Incorporating As a NonProfit | 253 |
Appendix A Sample Proprietary Information Agreement PIA | 271 |
Appendix J The GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 | 329 |
Appendix K The GNU General Public License Version 2 June 1991 | 333 |
Appendix L The GNU General Public License Version 3 June 2007 | 341 |
Appendix M The Open Software License Version 30 | 355 |
Index | 359 |
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Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code Van Lindberg Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2008 |