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Dept     : CT
Sem      : 5
Regul    : ct
Faculty : Ms.P.MALATHI
phone  : NIL
E-mail  : malathi.p.ct@drsnsrcas.ac.in
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Syllabus

UNIT
1
Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law

Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law:Basic Principles of Copyright Law Contract and Copyright - Open Source Software Licensing - Issues with Copyrights and Patents - The Open Source Definition - Warranties The MIT, BSD, Apache, and Academic Free Licenses: The MIT (or X) License - The BSD License - The Apache License, v1.1 and v2.0 - The Academic Free License - Application and Philosophy.

UNIT
2
The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla Licenses

The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla Licenses: GNU General Public License - GNU Lesser General Public License - The Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1) - Application and Philosophy

UNIT
3
Qt, Artistic, and Creative Commons Licenses

Qt, Artistic, and Creative Commons Licenses: The Q Public License - Artistic License(Perl) - Creative Commons Licenses - Non-Open Source Licenses: Classic Proprietary License - Sun Community Source License - Microsoft Shared Source Initiative.

UNIT
4
Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing

Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing: Entering Contracts - Statutory Developments Related to Software Contracts - The Self-Enforcing Nature of Open Source and Free Software Licenses - The Global Scope of Open Source and Free Software Licensing - The “Negative Effects” of Open Source and Free Software Licensing - Community Enforcement of Open Source and Free Software Licenses.

UNIT
5
Compatible and Incompatible Licensing

Compatible and Incompatible Licensing: Multiple and Cross Licensing - Software Development Using Open Source and Free Software Licenses - Models of Open Source and Free Software Development – Forking-Choosing an Open Source or Free Software License - Drafting Open Source Licenses

Reference Book:

1. PAUL KAVANAGH, “OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT” 1ST EDITION, DIGITAL PRESS 2004 , PAPERBACK ISBN: 9781555583200 EBOOK ISBN: 9780080492001.

Text Book:

 Andrew M. St. Laurent, "Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing", O'Reilly Media, Inc, 2004, ISBN: 0596005814

 

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