FOSS Licensing

Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Preface
• Introduction
• Overview of Intellectual Property Rights
• Copyright Basics
• Software and Copyright
• How is FOSS Different from Proprietary Software?
• How to Make the Source Free or Open
• Scenarios
• Online Legal Resources and Materials
• About APDIP
• About IOSN
• Glossary
• Print Version

Information

This book is donated by the International Open Source Network and UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) to the community.

The original publication by

Author: Shun-ling Chen
© UNDP-APDIP, 2006, 29 pages
ISBN 978-81-312-0422-1
ISBN 81-312-0422-7

is located at http://www.iosn.net/licensing/foss-licensing-primer/foss-licensing-final.pdf

This wikibook is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5.

Notes

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