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The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities

The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities

The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities
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The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities Hardback - 2008

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  • Title The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities
  • Author Wiley
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2008-02-01
  • Features Glossary, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # OTF-S-9780470194959
  • ISBN 9780470194959 / 0470194952
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.41 x 1.01 in (22.96 x 16.28 x 2.57 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Copyright - Computer programs, Open source software - Law and legislation
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007034466
  • Dewey Decimal Code 346.048
  • Quantity available 110

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Reader reviews for The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities

From the publisher

This book is a user manual for understanding and deployment of open source software licensing in business. Written for lawyers and businesspeople alike, it explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context. Including useful forms, information, and both technical and licensing background, this book will help you avoid legal pitfalls and edcuate your organization about the risks of open source.

From the rear cover

A practical guide to leveraging open source in business

The law of open source is complex and constantly changing. Some legal issues related to it are thorny and undecided. Those called upon to make decisions about open source have found little information to guide them in traditional legal materials . . . until now. Author Heather Meeker--voted one of the top thirty intellectual property lawyers in California--brings her ten years of extensive involvement in open source legal issues to bear in The Open Source Alternative--a practical resource to help you implement open source intelligently, without compromising the value of your intellectual property or stepping into a potential lawsuit.

Written in plain English for both lawyers and professionals, The Open Source Alternative provides an accessible discussion of the different licensing strategies to consider with open source. This invaluable reference tool for CIOs, CFOs, IT managers, auditors, and attorneys, as well as all interested professionals, provides you with the background and tools you need to understand this area of law and develop your own conclusions and best practices. Divided into two parts--leveraging opportunities and understanding risks--the book explores: the rules of the road for use of open source in proprietary products, assessing legal risk of using open source, how to understand and leverage patents and trademarks in the open source landscape, and developing policies for use of open source in your business.

Formulating best practices in open source development requires familiarity with a complex set of facts and industry practices, as well as the political, business, and legal principles behind them. The Open Source Alternative is a must-read for any professional who needs to stay on top of this rapidly changing field.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2008, Page 227

About the author

Heather J. Meeker is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, one of the largest law firms in the United States. Heather has provided open source counseling to clients ranging from technology startups using open source in product development, to public technology companies conducting open source code releases, to venture capitalists assessing new business models in the software industry. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law, is a member of the American Law Institute, and in 2005, was selected by the Daily Journal as one of the top thirty intellectual property lawyers in California.
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