Research on Legal Issues and Countermeasures of Open Source Software and Licenses

Author: Yang Lin Cun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is a national 863 key research project undertaken by the Intellectual Property Affairs Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Due to the adoption of entirely different rules, concepts, and development and profit models by open-source software compared to traditional commercial software, it has brought significant impacts on the development of traditional software. While people are paying attention to the development of open-source software, they are also confused by a series of issues it brings. Can open-source software be used without restrictions? Can it be profitable? How can it be profitable? What are its legal risks? Can existing laws in China regulate its behavior? Are there reasonable business models for open-source companies? The research in this book aims to find answers to these questions, thereby promoting the development of the software industry in China. The book is divided into three parts: The first part is the research report, which provides a comprehensive introduction and study on open-source software-related issues; the second part is the research sub-report, which selects research findings from institutions such as Peking University and Xi'an Jiaotong University as valuable supplements to the main report; the third part compiles the translated texts of major open-source software licenses for readers' research and reference. This book is suitable for government departments, enterprises, research institutions, and.