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Open Source Law, Policy and Practice 2nd ed isbn 9780198862345

Free and Open Source Software: Policy, Law and Practice

Edited by: Noam Shemtov, Ian Walden

ISBN13: 9780199680498
New Edition ISBN: 9780198862345
Published: November 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: Out of print




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Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is realised through legal instruments, private law agreements, licences, promises and community norms. These private law instruments reside within a public law framework that grants exclusive and monopoly rights to creators of intellectual property.

Written by FOSS experts, this work delivers an in-depth examination of the legal and commercial structures relating to the usage and exploitation of FOSS software. FOSS has become an increasingly important component of the ICT industry, embodied in the products that we use and the systems we depend on. Major industry players such as IBM have embraced FOSS and it impacts on all its users.

This work will enable readers to understand the legal environment within which FOSS operates. The first part examines FOSS in relation to the key IP regimes. The commercial implications of FOSS are then examined from different components of the supply chain. The final part examines the implications of FOSS for policy makers.

Subjects:
Intellectual Property Law, IT, Internet and Artificial Intelligence Law
Contents:
1. Open Source as Philosophy, Methodology and Business Model
2. Open Source and Governance Issues

PART 1: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIMES
3. Copyright, contract and FOSS
4. Trade Marks and FOSS
5. Patents and FOSS
6. Patent Litigation and Patent Wars

PART 2: BUSINESS MODELS AND USAGE
7. Commercial Agreements
8. Business Implications of FOSS
9. FOSS in a Cloud Environment

PART 3: PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES
10. Open Source, Standardisation and Innovation
11. Public Sector and Open Source
12. Open Everything