The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.
By: Meeker, Heather J.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley & Sons, c2008Description: xi, 285 p. : ill., forms ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780470194959 (cloth); 0470194952 (cloth).Subject(s): Open source software -- Law and legislation | Computer programs -- Patents | Copyright -- Computer programs | Computer software industry -- Licenses | Free computer software -- Law and legislationDDC classification: 346.04/8 Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical informationIncludes 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.
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