• DocumentCode
    1548851
  • Title

    Open Source Software

  • Author

    Gaff, Brian M. ; Ploussios, Gregory J.

  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    9
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    The paper is the sixth in a series of articles providing basic information on legal issues facing people and businesses that operate in computing-related markets focuses on open source software. The featured Web extra at http://youtu.be/8fCFrSv9cjE is an audio recording of the Computing and the Law column connected to the sixth in a series of articles providing basic information on legal issues facing people and businesses that operate in computing-related markets. In it, Computing and the Law coauthors Brian M. Gaff and Gregory J. Ploussios discuss common legal pitfalls that businesses encounter and when and why businesses should be prepared to get legal advice.
  • Keywords
    Internet; law; public domain software; business process; computing-related markets; legal issues; open source software; Business; Law; Legal aspects; Open source software; computing and the law; open source software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2012.213
  • Filename
    6226510