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oapen-20.500.12657-598192022-12-03T03:50:06Z Open Source Law, Policy and Practice Brock, Amanda open source, free software, intellectual property, copyright law, source code, private law, software supply, object code bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNQ IT & Communications law::LNQD Data protection law bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNQ IT & Communications law bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNR Intellectual property law This book examines various policies, including the legal and commercial aspects of the Open Source phenomenon. Here, ‘Open Source’ is adopted as convenient shorthand for a collection of diverse users and communities, whose differences can be as great as their similarities. The common thread is their reliance on, and use of, law and legal mechanisms to govern the source code they write, use, and distribute. The central fact of open source is that maintaining control over source code relies on the existence and efficacy of intellectual property (‘IP’) laws, particularly copyright law. Copyright law is the primary statutory tool that achieves the end of openness, although implemented through private law arrangements at varying points within the software supply chain. This dependent relationship is itself a cause of concern for some philosophically in favour of ‘open’, with some predicting (or hoping) that the free software movement will bring about the end of copyright as a means for protecting software. 2022-12-02T12:54:16Z 2022-12-02T12:54:16Z 2022 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59819 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780198862345_Print (2).pdf https://global.oup.com/academic/product/open-source-law-policy-and-practice-9780198862345?q=brock%20open%20source%20law&lang=en&cc=gb Oxford University Press 10.1093/oso/9780198862345.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780198862345.001.0001 b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 640 Oxford open access
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This book examines various policies, including the legal and commercial aspects of the Open Source phenomenon. Here, ‘Open Source’ is adopted as convenient shorthand for a collection of diverse users and communities, whose differences can be as great as their similarities. The common thread is their reliance on, and use of, law and legal mechanisms to govern the source code they write, use, and distribute. The central fact of open source is that maintaining control over source code relies on the existence and efficacy of intellectual property (‘IP’) laws, particularly copyright law. Copyright law is the primary statutory tool that achieves the end of openness, although implemented through private law arrangements at varying points within the software supply chain. This dependent relationship is itself a cause of concern for some philosophically in favour of ‘open’, with some predicting (or hoping) that the free software movement will bring about the end of copyright as a means for protecting software.
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