The open source alternative
Meeker, Heather J., 1959-
The open source alternative understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / [electronic resource] : Heather J. Meeker. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, c2008. - xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Safari Books Online. .
Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2009).
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boston, Mass. :
Safari Books Online,
2009.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Available to subscribing institutions.
9780470194959 0470194952
CL0500000043 Safari Books Online
Open source software--Law and legislation.
Computer programs--Patents.
Copyright--Computer programs.
Computer software industry--Licenses.
Free computer software--Law and legislation.
Electronic books.
The open source alternative understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / [electronic resource] : Heather J. Meeker. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, c2008. - xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Safari Books Online. .
Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2009).
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boston, Mass. :
Safari Books Online,
2009.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Available to subscribing institutions.
9780470194959 0470194952
CL0500000043 Safari Books Online
Open source software--Law and legislation.
Computer programs--Patents.
Copyright--Computer programs.
Computer software industry--Licenses.
Free computer software--Law and legislation.
Electronic books.