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Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law
Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law
ISBN: 0131487876
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 166
Authors:
Lawrence Rosen
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Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law
Table of Contents
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preamble
Chapter 1. Freedom and Open Source
The Language of Freedom
Defining Open Source
Open Source Principles
Chapter 2. Intellectual Property
Dominion Over Property
Right Brain and Left Brain
Acquiring Copyrights and Patents
Original Works of Authorship
Works Made for Hire
Exclusive Rights of Copyright and Patent Owners
Copies
Exceptions to the Exclusive Right to Make Copies
Collective and Derivative Works
The Chain of Title for Copyright
The Chain of Title for Patents
Joint Works
Assigning Ownership
Duration of Copyright and Patent
Trademarks
Exceptions to Intellectual Property Protection
Chapter 3. Distribution of Software
Contributors and Distributors
Distribution
Open Source Collaboration
Contributor Agreements
What about Users?
Chapter 4. Taxonomy of Licenses
What Is a License?
Bare Licenses
Licenses as Contracts
Patent Licenses
Template Licenses
Types of Open Source Licenses
Chapter 5. Academic Licenses
The BSD Gift of Freedom
BSD License as Template
The BSD License Grant
Source and Binary Forms of Code
Conditions under the BSD
Warranty and Liability Disclaimer
The MIT License
The Right to Sublicense
The Warranty of Noninfringement
The Apache License
Protecting Trademarks
The Apache Contributor License Agreement
The Artistic License
License Preambles
When Amateurs Write Licenses
Big Picture of Academic Licenses
Apache License Version 2.0
Chapter 6. Reciprocity and the GPL
The GPL Bargain
Copyleft and Reciprocity
Policy Objectives
The Preamble to the GPL
GPL as Template
The GPL Applies to Programs
Linking to GPL Software
Copyright Law and Linking
The LGPL Alternative
GPL Grant of License
Access to Source Code
At No Charge
Other Obligations in the GPL
The GPL and Patents
Accepting the GPL
Chapter 7. The Mozilla Public License (MPL)
The Mozilla Story
The MPL Reciprocity Bargain
Contributors and Modifications
The MPL and Patents
Defending Against Patents
Other Important MPL License Provisions
Other Corporate Licenses
Chapter 8. The Common Public License (CPL)
CPL as a Template
A Digression about Well-Written Licenses
Grant of Copyright and Patent Licenses
Reciprocity under the CPL
Exception to Reciprocity
Patent Defense
Defend and Indemnify
Ownership of the CPL License
Chapter 9. The OSL and the AFL
Academic or Reciprocal?
Initial Paragraph of OSLAFL
1. Grant of Copyright License
2. Grant of Patent License
3. Grant of Source Code License
4. Exclusions from License Grant
5. External Deployment
6. Attribution Rights
7. Warranty of Provenance and Disclaimer of Warranty
8. Limitation of Liability
9. Acceptance and Termination
10. Termination for Patent Action
11. Jurisdiction, Venue, and Governing Law
12. Attorneys Fees
13. Miscellaneous
14. Definition of
15. Right to Use
Copyright and Licensing Notice
Chapter 10. Choosing an Open Source License
How Licenses Are Chosen
The Free-Rider Problem
Making Money from Open Source
In-Licensing
Out-Licensing
Contributions to Projects
License Compatibility for Collective Works
License Compatibility for Derivative Works
Relicensing
Chapter 11. Shared Source, Eventual Source, and Other Licensing Models
Alternatives to Open Source
Shared Source
Public Source
Dual and Multiple Licensing
Eventual Source and Scheduled Licensing
Combining Licensing Models
Chapter 12. Open Source Litigation
Owning a Cause of Action
Damages
Injunctions
Standing to Sue
Burden of Proof
Enforcing the Terms of a Contract
Disputes over Ownership of Intellectual Property
Disputes over Derivative Works
Patent Infringement Litigation
SCO vs. Open Source
Chapter 13. Open Standards
Defining Open Standards
Open Specifications
Enforcing the Standard by Copyright Restrictions
Licensing the Test Suite: The Open Group License
Discouraging Forks: Sun s SISSL
Patents on Open Standards
Reasonable and Nondiscriminatory
Royalty Free
The W3C Patent License
Justifying Open Standards and Open Source
The Open Source Paradigm
Appendix. Appendices
BSD License
MIT License
Apache License
The Apache Contributor License Agreement
Artistic License
General Public License (GPL)
Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Mozilla Public License (MPL)
Common Public License (CPL)
Open Software License (OSL) and Academic Free License (AFL)
Licensed under the Open Software License version 2.0
About the Author
Index
Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law
ISBN: 0131487876
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 166
Authors:
Lawrence Rosen
BUY ON AMAZON
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