Free and Open Source Software Licenses Explained

2019/06/01 by Miriam Ballhausen · 2 citations
Computer Science · Business, Management and Accounting · #Open Source Software Innovations #Copyright and Intellectual Property #Digital Rights Management and Security

paper · pdf · doi:10.1109/mc.2019.2907766

Abstract

This installment of Computer’s series exploring free and open source software confronts a pressing issue, free and open source software licenses: what they are, the rights they convey, and the restrictions they impose.

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