Intellectual property and open source
by Van Lindberg · first published 2008
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Written by an intellectual property attorney who is also a programmer, Intellectual Property and Open Source helps you understand patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licenses, with special focus on the issues surrounding open source development and the GPL.--from publisher description.
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…this research, and I'm not going to tell you "don't do it" because it won't be convincing, but I predict that in the end you will not choose to start a foundation. There's a chapter in Van Lindberg's Intellectual Property and Open Source on this topic. (It ends with a discussion of umbrella foundations like Apache, Eclipse, Software Freedom Conservancy.) Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Prot...
on “LLVM Foundation Granted 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status” ↗Intellectual Property and Open Source. It is a must-read for anyone starting a business or working on an open source project. http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Prot... http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517960/
on “Ask hackers: what books have you read lately and would recommend me?” ↗The best single work I've read on the subject is Van Lindberg's _Intellectual Property and Open Source_ (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596517963/). I don't think it's quite "talk to me like I'm a 3 year old" territory -- it assumes a basic understanding of code and property -- but I don't think it's a waste…
on “Zed Shaw: Why I (A/L)GPL” ↗This may be a bit more than you're looking for, but Van Lindberg's book, Intellectual Property and Open Source, is pretty good: https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Pro...
on “Review What You Fork on Github” ↗For people in your position, I like Van Lindberg's book, Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/intellectual-property-a... It will help you understand the relevant parts of the law (copyright, patent, trademark) as well…
on “Court finds calling stuff open source when it's not is false advertising” ↗