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A Practical Guide to Open Source Licensing
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Type.................: Ebook
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This book is a user manual for understanding and deployment of open source
software licensing in business. Written for lawyers and businesspeople alike, it
explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical
suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context.
Including useful forms, information, and both technical and licensing
background, this book will help you avoid legal pitfalls and edcuate your
organization about the risks of open source.

Table Of Contents

Preface ix
Part one leveraging opportunities 1
Chapter 1 Introduction: How UNIX Gave Birth to Linux, and a New Software
Paradigm 3
Chapter 2 Free Software and Open Source 11
Chapter 3 Common Open Source Licenses and Their Structure 27
Chapter 4 Due Diligence, License Proliferation, and Compatibility 53
Chapter 5 Audits and Compliance Initiatives 71
Chapter 6 Notice Requirements 83
Chapter 7 Patents and Open Source 89
Chapter 8 Trademarks and Open Source 109
Chapter 9 Open Source and Open Standards 115
Chapter 10 Developing a Corporate Open Source Policy 119
Appendix 10A Open Source Corporate Policy 123
Chapter 11 Open Source Code Releases 135
Appendix 11A Open Source Trademark Policy 153
Part two understanding risks 159
Chapter 12 Technical Background: Operating System Kernels, User Space, and
Elements of Programming 161
Chapter 13 Enforcement of Open Source Licenses 171
Chapter 14 The Border Dispute of GPL2 183
Chapter 15 License or Contract? 223
Chapter 16 Defi ning Distribution 233
Chapter 17 Open Source in Mergers and Acquisitions and Other Transactions 237
Chapter 18 GPL Version 3.0 245
Chapter 19 LGPL Version 3.0 261
Appendix A Open Source Development Agreement 265
Glossary 277
Index 283

Product Details

* ISBN: 0470194952
* ISBN-13: 9780470194959
* Format: Hardcover, 256pp
* Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
* Pub. Date: February 2008

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