Intellectual Monopolies Reading Assignement I

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The following material will be discussed during the lecture

  1. Free Culture, Lawrence Lessig,
    1. Available online at: http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/
    2. Sections to read
      1. Introduction
      2. Chapter Four
  2. Free Software Free Society, Richard Stallman
    1. Available online at
      1. http://www.gnu.org/doc/book13.html (HTML)
      2. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf (PDF)
    2. Sections to read
      1. Chapter One: "The GNU Project"
      2. Chapter Two: "The GNU Manifesto"
      3. Chapter Three: "Free Software Definition"
      4. Chapter Four: "Why software should not have owners"
  3. Open Source Software Licensing, Lawrence Rosen
    1. Available online at: http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm
    2. Sections to read
      1. Chapter Two: "Intellectual Property"
      2. Chapter Four: "Taxonomy of Licenses"
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