A complete guide to the law of open source for developers, managers, and lawyers Now that open source software is blossoming around the world, it is crucial to understand how open source licenses work -- and their solid legal foundations. Open Source Initiative general counsel Lawrence Rosen presents a plain-English guide to open source law for developers, managers, users, and lawyers. Rosen clearly explains the intellectual property laws that support open source licensing, carefully reviews today's leading licenses, and helps you make the best choices for your project or organization.
Chapter 1 Freedom and Open Source
Chapter 2 Intellectual Property
Chapter 3 Distribution of Software
Chapter 4 Taxonomy of Licenses
Chapter 5 Academic Licenses
Chapter 6 Reciprocity and the GPL
Chapter 7 The Mozilla Public License (MPL)
Chapter 8 The Common Public License (CPL)
Chapter 9 The OSL and the AFL
Chapter 10 Choosing an Open Source License
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