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Explaining Open Source Software

Posted by michael on from the score-5,-informative dept.

scubacuda writes "Mark Webbink, Red Hat's general counsel, has written an informative article explaining free and open source software. Geared towards attorneys, he explains the various licenses and addresses several myths about OSS." One to bookmark.

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  1. Derivative work by Cat_Byte · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Where does the law stand on derivative works in software?[8]

    The law on derivative works in software is not well established. The U.S. Copyright Act does not specifically address derivative works in software, and there are no U.S. Supreme Court cases immediately on point.
    SCO?

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  2. No link to the Groklaw discussion? by ksheka · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200312310 92027900

    After all, they covered this last thursday...

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    1. Re:No link to the Groklaw discussion? by ksheka · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Nevermind.
      That should teach me to not click on all the links.

      Does /. have a delete-this-message button somewhere?
      (Then again, if it did, there probably wouldn't be much posted around here...

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