Fall2008/Open Source Licensing Reading Assignement II

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The following material should be read before the Lecture.

Open Source Software Licensing

Open Source Software Licensing

by Lawrence Rosen


Available online at: http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm

Sections to read

  1. Chapter 6: Reciprocity and the GPL
  2. Chapter 10: Choosing an Open Source License
  3. Chapter 11: Shared Source, Eventual Source, and Other Licensing Models

Open Source Initiative

  1. http://www.opensource.org/licenses
    1. Apache License
    2. GPL License
    3. LGPL License
    4. New BSD License
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