open source alternative
Subtitle: understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.
Publisher: Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Danvers, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470194959
Subjects: Open source software -- Law and legislation; Computer programs -- Patents; Copyright -- Computer programs; Computer software industry -- Licenses; Free computer software -- Law and legislation
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : how UNIX gave birth to Linux, and a new software paradigm; title: Free software and open source; title: Common open source licenses and their structure; title: Due diligence, license proliferation, and compatibility; title: Audits and compliance initiatives; title: Notice requirements; title: Patents and open source; title: Trademarks and open source; title: Open source and open standards; title: Open source code releases; title: Technical background : operating system kernels, user space, and elements of programming; title: Enforcement of open source licenses; title: The border dispute of GPL2; title: License or contract?; title: Defininf distribution; title: Open source in M7A and other transactions; title: GPL version 3.0 (GPL3); title: LGPL version 3.0 (LGPL3).