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The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.
- Title
- The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.
- Author
- Meeker, Heather J., 1959-
- Publication
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBE 16-417 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 285 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : how UNIX gave birth to Linux, and a new software paradigm -- 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 -- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 16-417
- ISBN
- 9780470194959 (cloth)
- 0470194952 (cloth)
- LCCN
- 2007034466
- OCLC
- 166873236
- Author
- Meeker, Heather J., 1959-
- Title
- The open source alternative : understanding risks and leveraging opportunities / Heather J. Meeker.
- Imprint
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 16-417