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"Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and <br />
computing for anyone—even lawyers!"—Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at <br />
Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society <br />
If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your <br />
job—but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling. <br />
This book is for anyone who wants to understand how the legal system deals with <br />
intellectual property rights for code and other content. You'll get a clear look <br />
at intellectual property issues from a developer's point of view, including <br />
practical advice about situations you're likely to encounter. Written by an <br />
intellectual property attorney who is also a programmer, Intellectual Property <br />
and Open Source helps you understand patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade <br />
secrets, and licenses, with special focus on the issues surrounding open source <br />
development and the GPL. This book answers questions such as: How do open source <br />
and intellectual property work together? What are the most important <br />
intellectual property-related issues when starting a business or open source <br />
project? How should you handle copyright, licensing and other issues when <br />
accepting a patch from another developer? How can you pursue your own ideas <br />
while working for someone else? What parts of a patent should be reviewed to see <br />
if it applies to your work? When is your idea a trade secret? How can you <br />
reverse engineer a product without getting into trouble? What should you think <br />
about when choosing an open source license for your project? Most legal sources <br />
are too scattered, too arcane, and too hard to read.Intellectual Propertyand <br />
Open Source is a friendly, easy-to-follow overview of the law that programmers, <br />
system administrators, graphic designers, and many others will find essential. <br />
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Table Of Contents<br />
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PREFACE<br />
1 THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<br />
2 THE PATENT DOCUMENT<br />
3 THE PATENT SYSTEM<br />
4 COPYRIGHT<br />
5 TRADEMARKS<br />
6 TRADE SECRETS<br />
7 CONTRACTS AND LICENSES<br />
8 THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE<br />
9 SO I HAVE AN IDEA<br />
10 CHOOSING A LICENSE<br />
11 ACCEPTING PATCHES AND CONTRIBUTIONS<br />
12 WORKING WITH THE GPL<br />
13 REVERSE ENGINEERING<br />
14 INCORPORATING AS A NON-PROFIT<br />
A SAMPLE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT (PIA)<br />
A SAMPLE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT (PIA) <br />
B OPEN SOURCE LICENSE LIST <br />
C FREE SOFTWARE LICENSE LIST <br />
D FEDORA LICENSE LIST AND GPL COMPATIBILITY <br />
E PUBLIC DOMAIN DECLARATION <br />
F THE SIMPLIFIED BSD LICENSE <br />
G THE APACHE LICENSE, VERSION 2.0 <br />
H THE MOZILLA PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 1.1 <br />
I THE GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 2.1 <br />
J THE GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 3 <br />
K THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 2, JUNE 1991 <br />
L THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 3, JUNE 2007 <br />
M THE OPEN SOFTWARE LICENSE, VERSION 3.0<br />
INDEX<br />
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Product Details<br />
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* ISBN: 0596517963<br />
* ISBN-13: 9780596517960<br />
* Format: Paperback, 390pp<br />
* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated<br />
* Pub. Date: July 2008<br />
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