Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code (Paperback)

Van Lindberg

  • 出版商: O'Reilly
  • 出版日期: 2008-08-19
  • 定價: $1,225
  • 售價: 8.0$980
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 386
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0596517963
  • ISBN-13: 9780596517960
  • 相關分類: 資訊科學Information-management
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商品描述

"Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!" -- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society

If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job -- but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling. This book is for anyone who wants to understand how the legal system deals with intellectual property rights for code and other content. You'll get a clear look at intellectual property issues from a developer's point of view, including practical advice about situations you're likely to encounter.

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. This book answers questions such as:

 

  • How do open source and intellectual property work together?
  • What are the most important intellectual property-related issues when starting a business or open source project?
  • How should you handle copyright, licensing and other issues when accepting a patch from another developer?
  • How can you pursue your own ideas while working for someone else?
  • What parts of a patent should be reviewed to see if it applies to your work?
  • When is your idea a trade secret?
  • How can you reverse engineer a product without getting into trouble?
  • What should you think about when choosing an open source license for your project?

Most legal sources are too scattered, too arcane, and too hard to read. Intellectual Property and Open Source is a friendly, easy-to-follow overview of the law that programmers, system administrators, graphic designers, and many others will find essential.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

「清晰、正確且深入,這本書是對於法律和計算機相關討論的一個受歡迎的補充,適合任何人閱讀,甚至是律師!」── 劍橋大學法學教授、斯坦福大學法學院創始人及斯坦福大學網際網路與社會中心創辦人 Lawrence Lessig 的評論。

「如果你從事資訊科技工作,知識產權對你的工作至關重要,但處理法律系統的複雜性可能令人困惑。這本書適合任何想要了解法律系統如何處理程式碼和其他內容的知識產權權益的人。你將從開發者的角度清楚地了解知識產權問題,包括在你可能遇到的情況下的實用建議。」

「這本由一位同時也是程式設計師的知識產權律師所撰寫的《知識產權與開放原始碼》一書,幫助你了解專利、著作權、商標、商業秘密和授權等問題,特別關注開放原始碼開發和 GPL 相關的議題。這本書回答了以下問題:」

「開放原始碼和知識產權如何共同運作?」

「在創業或開源專案時,最重要的知識產權相關問題是什麼?」

「當接受其他開發者的修補程式時,應該如何處理著作權、授權和其他問題?」

「在為他人工作時,如何追求自己的想法?」

「在審查專利時,應該檢視哪些部分以確定其是否適用於你的工作?」

「你的想法何時成為商業秘密?」

「如何在不惹上麻煩的情況下進行產品逆向工程?」

「在為專案選擇開放原始碼授權時應該考慮哪些因素?」

「大多數法律資料分散、晦澀難懂,閱讀起來困難重重。《知識產權與開放原始碼》是一本友善且易於理解的法律概述,程式設計師、系統管理員、平面設計師和其他許多人都會視為必備。」