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Preface
1. Open Source Licensing, Contract, and Copyright Law
Basic Principles of Copyright Law
Contract and Copyright
Open Source Software Licensing
Issues with Copyrights and Patents
The Open Source Definition
Warranties
2. The MIT, BSD, Apache, and Academic Free Licenses
The MIT (or X) License
The BSD License
The Apache License, v1.1 and v2.0
The Academic Free License
Application and Philosophy
3. The GPL, LGPL, and Mozilla Licenses
GNU General Public License
GNU Lesser General Public License
The Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1)
Application and Philosophy
4. Qt, Artistic, and Creative Commons Licenses
The Q Public License
Artistic License (Perl)
Creative Commons Licenses
5. Non-Open Source Licenses
Classic Proprietary License
Sun Community Source License
Microsoft Shared Source Initiative
6. Legal Impacts of Open Source and Free Software Licensing
Entering Contracts
Statutory Developments Related to Software Contracts
The Self-Enforcing Nature of Open Source and Free Software Licenses
The Global Scope of Open Source and Free Software Licensing
The "Negative Effects" of Open Source and Free Software Licensing
Community Enforcement of Open Source and Free Software Licenses
Compatible and Incompatible Licensing: Multiple and Cross Licensing
7. Software Development Using Open Source and Free Software Licenses
Models of Open Source and Free Software Development
Forking
Choosing an Open Source or Free Software License
Drafting Open Source Licenses
Appendix: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License
Index