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The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, �2008.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781119197706
  • 1119197708
  • 9780470255810
  • 0470255811
  • 6611217347
  • 9786611217341
  • 1281217344
  • 9781281217349
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Open source alternative.DDC classification:
  • 346.04/8 22
LOC classification:
  • K1519.C6 M44 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Free software and open source -- Common open source licenses and their structure -- Due diligence, license proliferation, and compatibility -- Audits and compliance initiatives -- Notice requirements -- Patents and open source -- Trademarks and open source -- Open source and open standards -- Developing a corporate open source policy -- Open source code releases -- Technical background : operating system kernels, user space, and elements of programming -- Enforcement of open source licenses -- The border dispute of GPL2 -- License or contract? -- Defining distribution -- Open source in mergers and acquisitions and other transactions -- GPL version 3.0 -- LGPL version 3.0.
Summary: A user manual for understanding and deployment of open source software licensing in business, this book explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context. It is written for lawyers and businesspeople alike.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Free software and open source -- Common open source licenses and their structure -- Due diligence, license proliferation, and compatibility -- Audits and compliance initiatives -- Notice requirements -- Patents and open source -- Trademarks and open source -- Open source and open standards -- Developing a corporate open source policy -- Open source code releases -- Technical background : operating system kernels, user space, and elements of programming -- Enforcement of open source licenses -- The border dispute of GPL2 -- License or contract? -- Defining distribution -- Open source in mergers and acquisitions and other transactions -- GPL version 3.0 -- LGPL version 3.0.

A user manual for understanding and deployment of open source software licensing in business, this book explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context. It is written for lawyers and businesspeople alike.

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