The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities (Hardback or Cased Book)

Meeker, Heather J.

ISBN 10: 0470194952 / ISBN 13: 9780470194959

Published by John Wiley & Sons 2/1/2008, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities (Hardback or Cased Book)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2/1/2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470194952
• ISBN 13: 9780470194959
• Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

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 the risks of open source.

About the Author

Heather J. Meeker is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, one of the largest law firms in the United States. Heather has provided open source counseling to clients ranging from technology startups using open source in product development, to public technology companies conducting open source code releases, to venture capitalists assessing new business models in the software industry. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law, is a member of the American Law Institute, and in 2005, was selected by the Daily Journal as one of the top thirty intellectual property lawyers in California.