02882nam 2200637 450 991078048660332120230125183354.01-58053-720-0(CKB)111087028227186(EBL)227680(OCoLC)475934913(SSID)ssj0000215261(PQKBManifestationID)11199325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000215261(PQKBWorkID)10184588(PQKB)11728965(Au-PeEL)EBL227680(CaPaEBR)ebr10082000(CaBNVSL)mat09100396(IEEE)9100396(MiAaPQ)EBC227680(EXLCZ)9911108702822718620200729d2003 uy engur|n|---|||||txtccrOpen source software law /Rod DixonBoston :Artech House,©2004.[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :IEEE Xplore,[2003]1 online resource (303 p.)Artech House telecommunications libraryDescription based upon print version of record.1-58053-719-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Open source doftware -- Free software and the GNU GPL -- Drafting open source licenses -- About protecting property -- Electronic contract formation -- Commercial models and open source -- Rolling your own open source license."Open Source Software Law explores the formal and legal aspects of two revolutionary views of software development and distribution: that software should be offered to users with open access to the source code and that end users should be freely able to modify, copy, or redistribute the software they have legally acquired. The book examines an innovative legal response to the conflict between copyright law and digital technology, and includes an analysis of the legal regime that an increasing number of software developers have come to prefer when developing and distributing software on-line."--Jacket.Artech House telecommunications library.CopyrightComputer programsUnited StatesOpen source softwareLaw and legislationUnited StatesFree computer softwareLaw and legislationUnited StatesComputer software industryLicensesUnited StatesCopyrightComputer programsOpen source softwareLaw and legislationFree computer softwareLaw and legislationComputer software industryLicenses346.04/82Dixon Rod1569008CaBNVSLCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910780486603321Open source software law3841561UNINA