Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Meeker, Heather J., 1959-

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley & Sons, c2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 285 p. : ill., forms; 24 cm.

Summary

"Written in plain English for both lawyers and professionals. The Open Source Alternative shows you how to implement open source intelligently, without compromising the value of your intellectual property." "The Open Source Alternative fills the need for a practical, objective book on the implications of open source in business. Author Heather Meeker provides background on both legal and technical principles, complemented by a wealth of references for follow-up. The book also includes a glossary, index, and a collection of documents and forms to help you in your business."--Jacket.

Subject

• Open source software > Law and legislation
• Computer programs > Patents
• Copyright > Computer programs
• Computer software industry > Licenses
• Free computer software > Law and legislation

Genre/Form

• patents.
• Patents
• Brevets d'invention.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780470194959 (cloth)
• 0470194952 (cloth)

LCCN

^^2007034466

OCLC

166873236

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library