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Unravelling the Myth around Open Source Licences
Guibault, Lucie; Daalen, Ot Van
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Description for Unravelling the Myth around Open Source Licences
Hardback. Gives an overview of the current legal situation regarding the use of open source software licences. Series: Information Technology and Law Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
Open source software licences are based on two fundamental principles: the possibility for users to use the software for any purpose and the possibility to modify and redistribute it without prior authorisation from the initial developer. Some open source software licences, like the General Public Licence (GPL), also impose a corollary obligation on the licensee: to make the source code available to other developers. The idea behind this form of licensing is that when programmers can read, redistribute and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves.
A number of legal challenges need to be addressed ... Read more
Open source software licences are based on two fundamental principles: the possibility for users to use the software for any purpose and the possibility to modify and redistribute it without prior authorisation from the initial developer. Some open source software licences, like the General Public Licence (GPL), also impose a corollary obligation on the licensee: to make the source code available to other developers. The idea behind this form of licensing is that when programmers can read, redistribute and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves.
A number of legal challenges need to be addressed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Information Technology and Law Series
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
The Hague, Netherlands
ISBN
9789067042147
SKU
V9789067042147
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About Guibault, Lucie; Daalen, Ot Van
Lucie Guibault is Senior Researcher at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for IT and Law Ot van Daalen is an attorney with the firm of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in The Hague.
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