The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / / Heather J. Meeker
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Meeker Heather J. <1959->
|
| Titolo: |
The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / / Heather J. Meeker
|
| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st edition |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 346.04/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Open source software - Law and legislation |
| Computer programs | |
| Copyright - Computer programs | |
| Computer software industry - Licenses | |
| Free computer software - Law and legislation | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book is a user manual for understanding and deployment of open source software licensing in business. Written for lawyers and businesspeople alike, it explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context. Including useful forms, information, and both technical and licensing background, this book will help you avoid legal pitfalls and edcuate your organization about the risks of open source. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The open source alternative |
| ISBN: | 1-119-19770-8 |
| 1-281-21734-4 | |
| 9786611217341 | |
| 0-470-25581-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910876982003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |