Open Source Laws, Policies and Practices

Open Source Laws, Policies and Practices

open source law

This book examines various policies, including legal and commercial aspects of the Open Source phenomenon. Here, 'Open Source' is used as shorthand for a diverse set of users and communities, whose differences can be as great as their similarities. The common thread is their reliance on, and use of, laws and legal mechanisms to regulate the source code they write, use, and distribute. A key fact of open source is that maintaining control over source code depends on the existence and efficacy of intellectual property ('IP') laws, particularly copyright laws.Copyright law is the primary legal tool that achieves the goal of openness, although it is implemented through private law arrangements at various points in the software supply chain.

Brock, Amanda (editors)

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94375

Oxford University Press

2022

Dewi Puspitasari

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59819/1/9780198862345_Print%20%282%29.pdf

Pdf

English

Textbooks

DOI
10.1093/oso/9780198862345.001.0001

Oxford