[Discussioni] [FLOSS] Nuovo libro: The Rise of Open Source Licensing

[Andrea Glorioso]

Ciao a tutti.

FYI:

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http://pub.turre.com/

Mikko Välimäki

The Rise of Open Source Licensing

A  Challenge to the  Use  of  Intellectual Property  in  the  Software
Industry

Open source software - from Linux to Firefox  and MySQL database - has
changed software business as we knew it. New start-ups have challenged
industry  heavyweights  from   Microsoft  to Oracle   with  innovative
copyright    licensing    strategies    and    courageous  anti-patent
policies. Almost every major software company has been forced to react
to the commodification trend.

Drawing from   detailed  case studies,  historical  narrative  and the
application  of  economic  theory, this book  shows   how  open source
licensing is used for  strategic advantage. Software  developers enter
open  source to  distribute  their work  more efficiently and increase
innovation. Software is no  longer property, they  say. Interestingly,
everything  has  worked despite      -   rather than because  of     -
ever-expanding intellectual property rights.

Is  there a limit?  In  the United States,  the  headline cases by SCO
against Linux supporters and users opened  the surface of intellectual
property infringement risks. In Europe, there is ongoing public debate
about the impact  of software patents on  open source.  This book goes
beyond fear and doubt  arguing that such  legal  risks are in  the end
just necessary but manageable  uncertainties, which always come with a
new business model.

Mikko  Välimäki teaches technology law at   the Helsinki University of
Technology. He has consulted extensively on open source licensing. His
website is at valimaki.org.

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Il libro e`  rilasciato sotto licenze  CC  BY-NC-ND 2.0 e  puo` essere
scaricato da qui:

  http://pub.turre.com/linktrack.php?id=openbook_valimaki

Ciao,

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Andrea Glorioso             sama a miu-ft.org         +39 333 820 5723
        .:: Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia ::.
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