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The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker

By: Publication details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley & Sons, c2008Description: xi, 285 p. : ill., forms ; 24 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780470194959 (hbk. : cloth)
  • 0470194952 (hbk. : cloth)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K1519.C6
Contents:
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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Law Book M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library Law Collection - Monograph Open Shelf d16 K1519C6M494O 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00011033876

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.

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