(PDF 英文版)
By Van Lindberg
Pages: 390
Published: July 2008 (O'Reilly)
ISBN 10: 0-596-51796-3
ISBN 13: 9780596517960

Intellectual Property and Open Source delivers an engrossing survey of the legal landscape and practical advice about situations you're likely to encounter when working on open source projects and pursuing new business ideas.

Intellectual Property and Open Source helps you understand patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licenses, with special focus on the issues surrounding open source development and the GPL. This book answers questions such as：



How do open source and intellectual property work together?

What are the most important intellectual property-related issues when starting a business or open source project?

How should you handle copyright, licensing and other issues when accepting a patch from another developer?

How can you pursue your own ideas while working for someone else?

What parts of a patent should be reviewed to see if it applies to your work?

When is your idea a trade secret?

How can you reverse engineer a product without getting into trouble?

What should you think about when choosing an open source license for your project?



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