Intellectual property and open source
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.--from publisher description
1 online resource (xv, 371 pages)
9780596517960, 9780596154677, 9781449391102, 0596517963, 0596154674, 1449391109
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The economic and legal foundations of intellectual property
The patent document
The patent system
Copyright
Trademarks
Trade secrets
Contracts and licenses
The economic and legal foundations of open source software
So I have an idea ..
Choosing a license
Accepting patches and contributions
Working with GPL
Reverse engineering
Incorporating as a non-profit
Appendices: Sample proprietary information agreement (PIA) ; Open source license list ; Free software license list ; Fedora license list and GPL compatibility ; Public domain declaration ; The simplified BSD license ; The Apache license, version 2.0 ; The Mozilla public license, version 1.1 ; The GNU lesser general public license, version 2.1 ; The GNU lesser general public license, version 3 ; The GNU general public license, version 2, June 1991 ; The GNU general public license, version 3, June 2007 ; The open software license, version 3.0