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The software license unveiled : how legislation by license controls software access / Douglas E. Phillips.

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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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