Intellectual Property: Presentation on General Public License - BananaIP BananaIP Counsels, formerly Brain League IP Services, founded in 2004 at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore’s incubation center (NSRCEL), is recognized as an IP/Patent trailblazer in India. The firm’s mission is to help clients maximize business value from their Intellectual Property (IP)/Patents, and gain competitive advantage in the market place. In its evolution from Brain League, BananaIP carries forward the firm’s core values – Merger of Technology,Management and Law, Swift Adaptation to changes in competitive environment, and business driven approach to Intellectual Property (IP)/Patent Services. Contact Us for Intellectual Property Services BananaIP Counsels Regd Office No.40,3rd Main Road,JC Industrial Estate, Kanakapura Road,Bangalore – 560 062. Email: contact@bananaip.com Telephone: +91-80-26860414 /24/34

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General Public LicenseGeneral Public License
By
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala.
CKO, Brain League IP Service
Now BananaIP.

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ObjectivesObjectives
Copyright ownership
Source code available
Share and change software
Digital Rights Management
Patents

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RightsRights
Copy and run the program
Modify
Distribute
Patent assertion - license terminates
Sub-licensing not allowed

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Verbatim copying andVerbatim copying and
conveyanceconveyance
Notice
Authorship
Accompanied by GPL
Notice of No warranty
May charge for conveying
May offer support or warranty - fee

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Convey - Modified sourceConvey - Modified source
versionsversions
Notice of change
Date of change
License the entire work
Applies to whole work regardless of
how they are copied

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Convey - Modified sourceConvey - Modified source
versionsversions
Interactive interface
Modifications not derived from the
program
You can license them separately
Compilation or Aggregation

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Non-source transfersNon-source transfers
Source code
 Durable physical medium
 Network server
 P2P file sharing
Installation data

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Additional termsAdditional terms
Additional permissions - supplement terms
 Disclaiming warranty or Limiting liability
 Legal notices or Author attributions
 Misrepresentation of origin
 Marking of modification
 Limiting use for publicity
 Names or Trade Mark and so on
 Notice of additional terms

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TerminationTermination
Violation of terms
60 days notice
Other licensee's licenses remain valid

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PatentsPatents
Non assertion of covered works
Work covered by a patent license
Accept a patent license and convey -
shield others
Restrictions in national law - convey as
allowed

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Technical measuresTechnical measures
Cannot deny user rights
Convey
Circumvention allowed
Cannot enforce DMCA provisions

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PatentsPatents
Patent License
No royalty
No infringement suit
Conver a work under a patent
 Make source available
 Disclaim license requirement
 Give license enabling this license

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FlexibilitiesFlexibilities
Copy or run a software
Indemnity and Warranty
Physical transfer
Aggregation

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Affero General Public License

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Terms and ConditionaTerms and Conditiona
Same as GPL
Copy, Distribute and Modify
Source code
Notices
Physical transfer
Warranty and Liability
Patents

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Apache License

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LicenseLicense
 Copyright
 Reproduce, Distribute, Modify, Public Display and Public
Performance
 Sub-licensing allowed
 Patent
 Make, Use, Sell, Offer for sale and Import
 Patent assertion - License invalid

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DistributionDistribution
Object or Source code
Notice
Same License
Attribution
Additional terms and conditions - In
consonance with the license

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TrademarksTrademarks
Marks
Names
Service marks
No warranty and Liability - Licensee
can give

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MIT License

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Terms and ConditionsTerms and Conditions
Right to use, copy, modify, merge,
publish, distribute
Sub-license or sell
Notices kept intact
No warranty or Liability

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LGPL

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RightsRights
Libraries
Words based on the library
Copy, Distribute and Modify
Notice
Physical transfer
No warranty and liability

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Other clausesOther clauses
Non-source transfers
Software - Not derivative work -
compiled or linked with the library -
LGPL does not apply
Combined library
Patent assertion or license
No warranty and Liability

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OSI requirements to qualify as OSSOSI requirements to qualify as OSS
Differences among open source
licenses
Constraints on incorporation of
Code in Proprietary software
Rules about contribution of IP
Rules about enforcement of IP

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Thank you.
Contact :
Kalyan C. Kankanala
Chief Knowledge Officer,
Brain League IP Services Now
BananaIP
Email: kalyan@bananaip.com
Ph: 91-80-41489502/4
Url: www.bananaip.com