2. Copyright and Software
Copy right is the right to use the name of the
company or product and usually have to pay a small
amount
3. Patents, Trademarks, and Software
Copyright is one example of IP, but there are others.
One of these is patents. A copyright protects a single
creative work
4. Using Licenses to Modify Copyright Terms
Although software is subject to copyright law, most
software is released with a license
5. The Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a critical
force in the open source world. Founded in 1985 by
Richard Stallman
6. Understanding the FSF Philosophy
The FSF advocates what it calls free software, which
it defines in terms of freedom to do things you want
to do with the software,
7. Free Software and the GPL
The legal expression of the FSF’s principles comes in
the form of the GPL (sometimes called the GNU
GPL)
8. Understanding the Open Source Philosophy
In the 1980s and 1990s, the free software movement
gathered momentum in certain circles
9. Defining Open Source Software
The open source definition appears at
http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd. It consists of
ten principles
10. Source code availability The author must make
source code available and permit redistribution of
both source code
11. Permission to derive works The license must permit
others to modify the software and to distribute such
modifications
12. Respect for source code integrity The license may
restrict redistribution of modified source code
13. No discrimination against persons or groups The
license must not discriminate against any person or
group of people
14. No discrimination against fields of endeavor The
license must not forbid use of the program in any
field
15. Automatic license distribution The license must
apply to anybody who receives the program without
needing a separate agreement.
16. Lack of product specificity The license must not
require that the program be used or distributed as
part of a larger program
17. Lack of restrictions on other software The license
must not impose restrictions on other software that’s
distributed along with the licensed software.
18. Technology neutrality The license must not be
restricted based on specific technologies or
interfaces.
19. Using Open Source Licenses
, you might not need to delve too deeply into open
source license detail
20. The Creative Commons
The Creative Commons, headquartered at
http://creativecommons.org, was founded by
Lawrence Lessig
