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The software license unveiled : how legislation by license controls software access / Douglas E. Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Douglas E., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright--Computer programs.
- Copyright.
- Copyright licenses.
- Open source software--Law and legislation.
- Open source software.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There are in existance thousands of different software licenses - to which millions of computer users legally bind themselves by the click of a mouse, usually without reading anything but the word 'agree.' How do these proliferating but largely unread licenses affect access to software, one of the economy's most valuable resources?
- Contents:
- The proprietary software license in law and practice
- The free and open source alternative.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772081-1
- 1-282-73603-5
- 9786612736032
- 0-19-971197-6
- OCLC:
- 656248869
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