Understanding Open Source And Free Software Licensing
by St Laurent, Andrew M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-08-30
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary
Many developers may believe in releasing their software freely, but they've hesitated because licensing issues are complicated, and their managers are afraid of losing control of the software. This concise guide clears up the confusion over open source and free software licenses, and shows developers how to use them effectively. The book focuses on annotated licenses, and readers will find an in-depth explanation of how they compare and interoperate, and how license choices affect project possibilities. Any software developer (not just members of the open source community) can read this book to discover what an open source software license actually is and how to draft one for their own use.
Author Biography
Andrew M. St. Laurent is an experienced lawyer with a long-time interest in intellectual property, particularly software licensing.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law | p. 1 |
| Basic Principles of Copyright Law | p. 1 |
| Contract and Copyright | p. 3 |
| Open Source Software Licensing | p. 4 |
| Issues with Copyrights and Patents | p. 7 |
| The Open Source Definition | p. 8 |
| Warranties | p. 11 |
| The MIT, BSD, Apache, and Academic Free Licenses | p. 14 |
| The MIT (or X) License | p. 14 |
| The BSD License | p. 15 |
| The Apache License, v1.1 and v2.0 | p. 17 |
| The Academic Free License | p. 24 |
| Application and Philosophy | p. 30 |
| The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla Licenses | p. 34 |
| GNU General Public License | p. 35 |
| GNU Lesser General Public License | p. 49 |
| The Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1) | p. 62 |
| Application and Philosophy | p. 81 |
| Qt, Artistic, and Creative Commons Licenses | p. 85 |
| The Q Public License | p. 85 |
| Artistic License (Perl) | p. 90 |
| Creative Commons Licenses | p. 98 |
| Non-Open Source Licenses | p. 114 |
| Classic Proprietary License | p. 114 |
| Sun Community Source License | p. 120 |
| Microsoft Shared Source Initiative | p. 144 |
| Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing | p. 147 |
| Entering Contrcts | p. 148 |
| Statutory Developments Related to Software Contracts | p. 150 |
| The Self-Enforcing Nature of Open Source and Free Software Licenses | p. 151 |
| The Global Scope of Open Source and Free Software Licensing | p. 153 |
| The "Negative Effects" of Open Source and Free Software Licensing | p. 154 |
| Community Enforcement of Open Source and Free Software Licenses | p. 158 |
| Compatible and Incompatible Licensing: Multiple and Cross Licensing | p. 159 |
| Software Development Using Open Source and Free Software Licenses | p. 164 |
| Models of Open Source and Free Software Development | p. 164 |
| Forking | p. 171 |
| Choosing an Open Source or Free Software License | p. 174 |
| Drafting Open Source Licenses | p. 176 |
| Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License | p. 179 |
| Index | p. 185 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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