- ISBN13: 9780470194959
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This book is a user manual for understanding and deployment of open source software licensing in business. Written for lawyers and businesspeople alike, it explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context. Including useful forms, information, and both technical and licensing background, this book will help you avoid legal pitfalls and edcuate your organization about th… More >>
The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities
Tags: business context, businesspeople, deployment, lawyers, legal pitfalls, open source software, remainder mark, software licensing
Three different domains – technology, law and business – intersect in the world of open source software and Meeker’s book manages to address each of the three at an expert level while still synthesizing the larger issues relevant to everyone in the field. While the topic of open source has generated a flood of commentary, the type of careful and reasoned analysis offered in this book is in short supply and makes The Open Source Alternative stand apart from similar recent offerings. All that and it’s very readable too!
Rating: 4 / 5