The open source alternative [electronic resource] : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.
Series: Safari Books Onlinec2008Description: xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780470194959
- 0470194952
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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. s2009 maun s